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SECTOR | 14 Aug 2025

Businessline Impact: DGCA to Review Drone Registrations Issued on False Grounds

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Owners get one month to respond

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SECTOR | 14 Aug 2025

DGCA finds Air India response on crew duty time violations unsatisfactory; warns to ensure compliance

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The DGCA in the show-cause notice said that the airline's accountable manager failed to ensure compliance with these regulations and asked Air India to explain within seven days why action should not be taken against it

DGCA Finds Air India Response On Crew Duty Time Violations Unsatisfactory

NDTV Profit | 13 Aug 2025 1 more

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SECTOR | 14 Aug 2025

Trump Signs Order to Ease Space Industry Regulations In Musk Win

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Trump asked the Transportation secretary to reevaluate, amend, or rescind Part 450, a section of the Federal Aviation Administration's licensing process for launches

Aviation

SECTOR | 13 Aug 2025

SpiceJet inks damp-lease deal for 5 Boeing 737s ahead of winter schedule

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While most of these aircraft will join the fleet in October, a few are scheduled to arrive a couple of weeks earlier, the airline said in a company statement

SpiceJet inks damp-lease agreement for 5 Boeing 737s planes ahead of winter schedule

Business Line | 13 Aug 2025

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SECTOR | 13 Aug 2025

Delhi airport to bar non-scheduled flights during select hours on Aug 15

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Non-scheduled flights will not be permitted to land at or take off from the Delhi airport during specified hours on August 15. An official on Wednesday said the restrictions will be in place from 6 am to 10 am and from 4 pm to 7 pm on Independence Day. The curbs will be applicable for non-scheduled flights of scheduled airlines as well as chartered flights. There will be no impact on scheduled flight operations, the official added. A NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) has been issued by the Aeronautical Information Services (AIS) that comes under the Airports Authority of India (AAI). Generally, NOTAM is a notice containing information that is essential for personnel involved in flight operations. While no landing or take-off will be permitted for non-scheduled flights during the specified periods, there will be no impact of the NOTAM on scheduled flights as well as the aircraft operated by IAF, BSF and Army aviation helicopters. Also, state-owned aircraft and helicopters flying the Gover

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SECTOR | 12 Aug 2025

Delivery drones coming to more US neighbourhoods after slow start

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Delivery drones are so fast they can zip a pint of ice cream to a customer's driveway before it melts. Yet the long-promised technology has been slow to take off in the United States. More than six years after the Federal Aviation Administration approved commercial home deliveries with drones, the service mostly has been confined to a few suburbs and rural areas. That could soon change. The FAA proposed a new rule last week that would make it easier for companies to fly drones outside of an operator's line of sight and therefore over longer distances. A handful of companies do that now, but they had to obtain waivers and certification as an air carrier to deliver packages. While the rule is intended to streamline the process, authorised retailers and drone companies that have tested fulfilling orders from the sky say they plan to make drone-based deliveries available to millions more US households. Walmart's multistate expansion Walmart and Wing, a drone company owned by Google pa

Aviation

SECTOR | 12 Aug 2025

DGCA issues show cause notice to IndiGo for simulator training lapses related to 1,700 pilots

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IndiGo said it is in the process of reviewing the show cause notice

DGCA Sends Show Cause Notice To IndiGo For Lapses In Simulator Training For 1,700 Pilots

NDTV Profit | 12 Aug 2025

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SECTOR | 11 Aug 2025

Tapping the frequent flyers: How Jet Airways set the standard in 1994

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The concept of frequent-flyer programme (FFP) was pioneered by American Airlines with its AAdvantage Frequent Flyer programme, launched in May 1981

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SECTOR | 11 Aug 2025

Air India to suspend Delhi-Washington DC services

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Passengers with bookings to or from Washington DC beyond September 1 will be contacted and offered alternative travel arrangements

Air India To Halt Washington Flights From Sept 1 Due To Operational Factors

NDTV Profit | 11 Aug 2025

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SECTOR | 11 Aug 2025

Civil Aviation Ministry reports 10 emergency landings since Jan 2024

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The Civil Aviation Ministry on Monday said 10 incidents of emergency landings of aircraft due to technical snags have been reported since January 2024. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol also said 171 regulatory audits have been conducted by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) from 2020 till June 2025. Replying to a question, Mohol said that two incidents of turbulence and 10 incidents of emergency landings due to technical snags have been reported since January 2024. "In addition to the above, on 12.06.2025, Air India aircraft VT-ANB declared MAYDAY and eventually met with an accident," he added. A total of 260 people died in the crash of Air India's plane, which was operating the flight from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick on June 12. In a separate written reply, the minister said that structural audits of Delhi Airport's Terminal 2 and 3, conducted by IIT Madras, found both structures to be safe. "During heavy ra