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IndiGo: India's storied airline stumbles
Regulatory changes to pilot duty-time limits, combined with tight staffing and an aggressive winter schedule, exposed deep cracks in IndiGo's...
IndiGo's prolonged, unorthodox lean manpower strategy caused current...
4 Dec 2025 11:21 AM ISTFIP said it has urged the safety regulator, DGCA, not to approve airlines' seasonal flight schedules unless they have adequate staff to operate their...
Air India saw minor increase in pilots reporting sick after Ahmedabad...
24 July 2025 3:57 PM ISTThe Directorate General of Civil Aviation's (DGCA) medical circular, issued in February 2023, had advised airlines to have a separate, standalone and...
Chennai-Patna flight delayed due to shortage of pilots
3 July 2025 10:35 PM ISTThe flight to Patna was scheduled to depart from Chennai at 11.40 am with 162 passengers
Chopper crashes near Kedarnath, all seven on board killed
15 Jun 2025 4:19 PM ISTThe seven deceased in the Bell 407 helicopter crash included a two-year-old child and the pilot. They hailed from Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand...
18 naval officers graduate as pilots
9 Jun 2025 9:13 PM ISTThey took part in an impressive Passing Out Parade marking the successful completion of their 22-week long intensive flying and ground training at the...
Philippine forces find wreckage of missing fighter jet, bodies of its...
5 March 2025 11:45 AM ISTThe FA-50 jet lost communication during the combat mission with other air force aircraft after midnight Tuesday before reaching a target area in...
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