Kingfisher Safety

• AirAsia India Safety Head Resigns: Report

  AirAsia India's head of safety Sumant Mishra has resigned, according to sources, three months after the domestic arm of the Malaysian budget airline AriAsia got off the ground.

• Kingfisher must satisfy on safety aspects: Ajit Singh

  Ailing Kingfisher Airlines will have to satisfy aviation regulator DGCA about safe flight operations and also make sure that its employees are not disgruntled before it resumes its services, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said today.

• Kingfisher Airlines must satisfy DGCA on safety aspects: Ajit Singh

  Ailing Kingfisher Airlines will have to satisfy aviation regulator DGCA about safe flight operations and also make sure that its employees are not disgruntled before it resumes its services, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said today.

• Kingfisher Airlines needs to satisfy DGCA in reply to show cause notice: Ajit Singh

  Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh today reiterated that the crisis-ridden Kingfisher Airlines would have to satisfy aviation regulator DGCA on all aspects including safety and issue of non-payment of salaries to its employees in reply to the show cause notice.

• Passenger safety cannot be compromised: Ajit Singh on Kingfisher crisis

  Aviation Minister Ajit Singh talks exclusively to NDTV about the crisis-hit Kingfisher Airlines.

• Kingfisher must satisfy DGCA before resuming operations: Ajit Singh

  As Kingfisher Airlines extended its partial lockout by a week till October 12, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh today said the debt-ridden company will have to satisfy airline regulator DGCA on safety before it gets permission to fly again.

• Aviation regulator submits report on Kingfisher Airlines

  The regulator is also believed to have said that non-payment of salaries was a matter of serious concern, not only for the employees, but also affected safety as those seriously affected were manning flight operations.

• Grounded Kingfisher looks for help with safety checks needed to fly

  Taking a cue from Union Minister Ajit Singh's statement that Kingfisher Airlines could approach other carriers for safety certification, the Vijay Mallya-promoted airline has reportedly approached Air India and others for getting its aircraft checked for certification.

• Kingfisher pilot flew with woman in cockpit?

  Kingfisher Airlines, which is already facing a safety audit by the country's civil aviation regulator DGCA, today came under fresh scrutiny following reports that one of its pilots flew a woman in the cockpit in violation of rules.

• Note about Kingfisher safety is missing, says former DGCA

  Bharat Bhushan, who was dismissed abruptly as the chief of airline regulator, the DGCA, has warned that a crucial document written by him on Kingfisher Airlines appears to have been removed from records. Mr Bhushan has written to his successor, Prashant Sukul, to alert him that just a day before he was dismissed, he noted his concerns about how Ki...

• Why was the civil aviation regulator asked to step down?

  A day after EK Bharat Bhushan was unexpectedly asked to quit as the chief of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the body which supervises safety and implementation and other civil aviation regulations, there is no official explanation from the government on the matter.

• Bharat Bhushan asked to quit as head of aviation regulatory body DGCA

  EK Bharat Bhushan has been asked to quit as chief of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the body which supervises safety and implementation other civil aviation reglations. While there was no official word on the reasons for his removal as DGCA by the Civil Aviation ministry, there has been speculation that his recent warnings to Ai...

• Patna airport faces shutdown threat

  Patna Airport is facing a shutdown threat after regulator Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has raised concerns over safety issues.

• Kingfisher Airlines: Vijay Mallya wants to bounce back

  In an exclusive email interview to NDTV, Vijay Mallya says he wants Kingfisher Airlines to bounce back as a "major player". On Monday, he wrote to employees saying that the airline is reuming salary payments after some of its bank accounts were restored upon part-payment of tax dues.

• Government warns could cancel Kingfisher Airlines license

  Kingfisher Airlines has said it will halt international flights and fly just 20 planes as it seeks funding.