Press Information Bureau, 11 September 2012: Minister of Civil Aviation ShriAjit Singh has directed Air India to immediately implement the Guidelines of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)/ Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR) on Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) for its pilots and crew members. Shri Singh had earlier asked to do a comparative analysis of … Continue reading
Press Information Bureau, 11 September, 2012: Indian Airspace will very soon have full Radar coverage above 30,000 feetwith the completion of installation of 9 Mono-Pulse-Secondary-Surveillance-Radars with the existing Radar infrastructure. This was stated by the Civil Aviation MinsiterShriAjit Singh while addressing the42nd General Assembly of International Federation of Air Traffic Safety Electronics Associations (IFATSEA) in … Continue reading
Press Information Bureau: 9 September 2012: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), USA had showed their concern based on the media reports in India, on current civil aviation scenario in India and had raised doubt on effectiveness of DGCA’s oversight of the Indian aviation industry. The FAA Flight Standard Office representative wrote to the Director General on … Continue reading
Press Information Bureau, 9-September 2012: 65 Pilots have been selected so far to fly the Dreamliner aircraft. The criteria adopted for their selection is that the pilot should be less than 53 years as on 1.5.2012 to be able to serve Air India for a minimum of five years after the training. In order to … Continue reading