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Pradeep S. Mehta | The IndiGo Mess And The Misplaced Narrative Over Competition Law

Pradeep S. Mehta | The IndiGo Mess And The Misplaced Narrative Over...

The more serious question, however, is how the regulator allowed this situation to escalate. The transition was...

4 Jan 2026 11:31 PM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Future Gridlocks Lurking Behind The IndiGo Mess

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Future Gridlocks Lurking Behind The IndiGo...

The fleet and the crew were working more shifts than they should have been. It is nice old capitalist rule: push the...

19 Dec 2025 12:22 AM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Monopoly In Skies Sets Off Flight Trauma For Indians

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Monopoly In Skies Sets Off Flight Trauma For...

The present crisis created by the management of IndiGo isn’t just extremely despicable, but the issue deserves to be...

11 Dec 2025 11:18 PM IST

AA Edit | Airline Chaos Was Avoidable

AA Edit | Airline Chaos Was Avoidable

The current delays and across-the-board cancellations of around 1,000 flights over four days from among the carrier’s...

4 Dec 2025 10:46 PM IST

The plane was on its way from Pangkal Pinang, Bangka Belitung province, to Batam in the Riau Islands. (Photo: Representational Image)

AA Edit: New Refund Rule To Aid Fliers

At the heart of the proposal is the introduction of a 48-hour “look-in” window, which allows passengers to cancel or...

6 Nov 2025 12:06 AM IST

DGCA Acts Against Air India Over Overdue Emergency Slide Check

DGCA Acts Against Air India Over Overdue Emergency Slide Check

The government on Monday said that during the audit of Air India, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) found...

28 July 2025 11:51 PM IST

Shockingly an Airport Authority of India (AAI) reached the spot with support 25 minutes later, according to the Indian Coast Guard. (Photo: DC)

Airports need Rs 2.4 trillion investment in 10 years to meet demand

The country invested around Rs 52,000 crore over the last decade at various airports.

10 Oct 2017 12:45 PM IST

The Ilyushin-18 plane carrying 32 passengers and seven crew made an emergency landing around 4:45 am Moscow time in the eastern Siberian region of Sakha. (Photo: Pixabay)

Soon, strict rules to check tipsy pilots and air crew

The proposals will be open to feedback till November 2 this year after which the aviation regulator will make the...

5 Oct 2017 6:51 AM IST

The association also listed down all the violations by DGCA and one of the senior pilots of Air India.

Safety around airport still a major concern

DGCA has submitted a list of 427 obstacles around the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.

4 Oct 2017 2:22 AM IST

A SpiceJet flight slid off the runway during landing at Mumbais international airport on September 19.

Plea seeks order to stop use of main runway at CSIA

The motion has sought directions to the DGCA to name the officer who will be inspecting the RESA.

4 Oct 2017 2:15 AM IST

Pilot of Air India Jaipur-Delhi flight refused to fly due to duty limitations prescribed by the DGCA. (Photo: File)

Duty hours over: Pilot refuses to fly; passengers taken to Jaipur from...

Some of the passengers were taken to Delhi by road while others were provided hotel stay. Rest were sent in another...

10 Nov 2017 10:32 AM IST

The incident occurred on October 15 but it hit the headlines only Tuesday after a video clip was aired on some TV channels.

IndiGo assault: Aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju seeks report...

The airline, however, claimed in a letter to the minister that it was the passenger who had attacked an employee.

9 Nov 2017 6:19 AM IST