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IndiGo fiasco: DGCA eases some pilot duty rules amid havoc at airports
To control the spiralling crisis, the aviation regulator has announced partial relief on pilot duty rules in its latest notification, relaxing a...
India needs at least 20,000 pilots in coming years: Civil Aviation...
20 Feb 2025 2:34 PM ISTHe said the country will have 50 more airports in the next five years. The number of airports has doubled to 157 in the last 10 years
Deadly air accidents that rocked 2024
11 Jan 2025 7:00 AM ISTHere's a look back at some of the worst aviation tragedies last year from the Jeju Air crash that killed 179 out of 181 to the Azerbaijan airliner...
Govt amends aircraft security rules amid spate of hoax bomb threats to...
19 Dec 2024 9:43 AM ISTThe civil aviation ministry has amended the Aircraft (Security) Rules, 2023. Two new rules -- 29A and 30A -- have been introduced
Four planes get bomb threats via X posts
15 Oct 2024 6:59 PM ISTThe threats via microblogging platform X came a day after three international flights originating from Mumbai received bomb threats
India aims to increase operational airports to 400 by 2047: Centre
16 Sept 2024 10:00 PM ISTThe domestic air passengers have more than doubled in the past decade, with Indian airlines significantly expanding their fleets.
India heightens alert as Mpox cases rise globally
20 Aug 2024 10:34 AM ISTAs per sources, the Union Health Ministry held meetings with experts on the new virus scare which "is different" from the previous Monkey pox virus.
Expert urges health officials to begin screening for Mpox at airports...
16 Aug 2024 8:03 PM ISTThe latest outbreak due to the more virulent and deadly strain -- Clade 1b has also spread to Sweden. The WHO has warned of more cases in Europe.