Indigo Pilots Grounded

In an unprecedented incident in India's civil aviation, a man slapped the pilot of an IndiGo flight inside the parked aircraft yesterday. Some yelled at the ground staff of airlines.

Aviation regulator DGCA has grounded three pilots and two aircraft maintenance engineers of IndiGo for not reporting vibrations in the Pratt and Whitney engines of the A320neo planes in separate incidents that have occurred since March, officials said.

First it was Indigo, then Vistara and now Jet Airways. Three private players in the aviation industry have been hit by controversies in the last two months, which has led the civil aviation ministry to direct the aviation watchdog Director General of Civil Aviation or DGCA to ensure discipline in the air and among the ground staff.

Over 130 pilots and 430 crew members of debt-ridden state-run carrier Air India may be grounded by the aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation or DGCA for allegedly skipping the mandatory pre- and post-flight alcohol test, people familiar with the matter told news agency PTI

Six private airline pilots have been grounded and asked to take "corrective training" for reporting low fuel after being asked to hover at the airport in Kolkata last week, which became a huge political controversy as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was in one of the flights.

Putting the lives of passengers in danger, an IndiGo aircraft flew close to the road running parallel to the Jaipur Airport runway in February and aviation regulator DGCA has now suspended the flying licenses of the two pilots concerned.

For the first time since Kingfisher Airlines was grounded, the management has made an offer that at least some employees are willing to consider. It has said it will pay 3 months' salary, in a staggered manner before Diwali, and the offer has reportedly split the protesting staff of the airline, some of whom, mostly pilots, say that it is fair and ...

A Bangalore-bound Indigo flight, with 168 people on board, had to land soon after taking off from the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport in New Delhi after the pilot experienced some technical problem.

In an unprecedented incident in India's civil aviation, a man slapped the pilot of an IndiGo flight inside the parked aircraft yesterday. Some yelled at the ground staff of airlines.

Aviation regulator DGCA has grounded three pilots and two aircraft maintenance engineers of IndiGo for not reporting vibrations in the Pratt and Whitney engines of the A320neo planes in separate incidents that have occurred since March, officials said.

First it was Indigo, then Vistara and now Jet Airways. Three private players in the aviation industry have been hit by controversies in the last two months, which has led the civil aviation ministry to direct the aviation watchdog Director General of Civil Aviation or DGCA to ensure discipline in the air and among the ground staff.

Over 130 pilots and 430 crew members of debt-ridden state-run carrier Air India may be grounded by the aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation or DGCA for allegedly skipping the mandatory pre- and post-flight alcohol test, people familiar with the matter told news agency PTI

Six private airline pilots have been grounded and asked to take "corrective training" for reporting low fuel after being asked to hover at the airport in Kolkata last week, which became a huge political controversy as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was in one of the flights.

Putting the lives of passengers in danger, an IndiGo aircraft flew close to the road running parallel to the Jaipur Airport runway in February and aviation regulator DGCA has now suspended the flying licenses of the two pilots concerned.

For the first time since Kingfisher Airlines was grounded, the management has made an offer that at least some employees are willing to consider. It has said it will pay 3 months' salary, in a staggered manner before Diwali, and the offer has reportedly split the protesting staff of the airline, some of whom, mostly pilots, say that it is fair and ...

A Bangalore-bound Indigo flight, with 168 people on board, had to land soon after taking off from the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport in New Delhi after the pilot experienced some technical problem.