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Pilots Association writes to DGCA, flags safety concerns over FDTL phase I
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
In its letter addressed to the DGCA, ALPA highlighted that the decision to extend exemptions to the airline contradicts prior agreements, compromises pilot safety, and undermines the intent of the FDTL regulations, which are designed to protect passengers and crew.
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"Request complete investigation": Congress's Gaddam Vamsi questions IndiGo
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Speaking to ANI on Thursday, Krishna said he had reached out to Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu and urged a complete inquiry into the airline's operations.
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150 IndiGo flights cancelled at Delhi Airport since morning as major disru
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Flight operations at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport were severely disrupted on Thursday as IndiGo cancelled a total of 150 flights, including 75 departures and 75 arrivals, spanning both domestic and international routes since morning, confirmed Delhi Airport.
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"We don't know what to do": Passengers at Hyderabad Airport slam IndiGo as
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
"I came here for a meeting. I am supposed to go back today. I got a boarding pass saying the flight is early. When I came here, I was not allowed to go inside. They are straightaway telling us this has been going on for the last three to four days, and we can't do anything. There is no fl
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Mumbai: President of Federation of Indian Pilots flags multiple causes beh
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Speaking to ANI on the situation at Mumbai Airport, Randhawa said IndiGo's vast network has amplified the scale of the disruptions. "Indigo operates approximately 2,200 flights all over India," he said.
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Priyanka Chaturvedi slams IndiGo disruptions, flags 'duopoly in air' as pi
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
In a post on X, Chaturvedi said, "Indigo Airlines operations have been badly hit, leading to massive passenger distress. I have repeatedly raised concerns over the duopoly that prevails in the air, which leads to higher air fares, poor infrastructure, and flight cancellations."
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FRMS transition must factor pilot adequacy, says pilots association amid f
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
In a statement issued on Thursday, ALPA India said the disruptions allegedly linked to a pilot shortage following the implementation of new Flight Duty Time Limit (FDTL) norms raise questions about airline planning, regulatory oversight, and market fairness.
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"Baseless" accusations in National Herald case used to divert attention fr
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Sunday slammed the BJP government following the filing of a fresh FIR in the National Herald money laundering case and said that it's a ploy by the ruling party to divert attention from the core issues, such as 'vote theft' and Special Intensive Revision wh
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"BJP trying to cut votes of poor, backward, Dalits and tribals through SIR
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
He alleged that the SIR process is being used to cut the votes of the poor, backward communities, Dalits and tribals.
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'ELAC 2 shows no fault warnings, plane begins moving without pilot's input
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Former Indian Air Force pilot, Captain (Retd) Ehsan Khalid, described the software issue with the Airbus A320 fleet as a performance problem with the Elevator and Aileron Computer 2 (ELAC 2).
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Jitendra Singh launches first indigenous Pilot trainer Aircraft 'Hansa-3 N
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) in Bengaluru, the Minister flagged off the NAviMet aviation weather system at HAL Airport and said the technology now "guards skies nationwide," with more than 175 systems deployed across civil and defence airfields.
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Sachin Pilot flags concerns over SIR process, accuses ECI of lapses; shows
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Speaking to ANI in Jaipur, Pilot said that while SIR has taken place multiple times in the past, "earlier when SIR occurred, there was neither any discussion nor any fear in people's minds. But for the first time, people are troubled by this."
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