NEW DELHI: Union aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu will Thursday launch Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA) “electronic personnel license (EPL) for pilots, making India the second country in the world to implement EPL for flight crew, according to the regulator. Digitising pilot licences will do away with the need of getting the same endorsed/renewed…
MUMBAI: In a move set to benefit passengers boarding international flights, including those to and from India, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has announced significant increases in compensation limits payable by airlines in cases of death, injury, flight delay, and baggage and cargo issues.The revised upper limit for compensation payable under the Montreal Convention…
NEW DELHI: Air travel in India last CY (2023) was a lot safer than that in the preceding two years. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday said compared to 2021 and 2022, the “number of risk-bearing airprox per million flights over Indian Airspace reduced by 25% and achieved the target (in 2023);…
