A private aircraft used for training purposes was involved in an accident while taking off in Haryana’s Bhiwani district
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Wizz Air, the Hungarian carrier, has stated that it will increase recruitment, with intentions to hire 20,000 new staff by 2030
Air India ‘s remaining four Boeing 747s were deregistered by the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) this week.
7 IndiGo pilots were allegedly caught on a frequency intended for emergency calls using harsh language over compensation difficulties.
DGCA said that airlines must ensure that 50% of cockpit and cabin crew members are submitted to daily pre-flight alcohol tests.
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed Akasa Air is planning to hire around 350 cabin crew members and pilots by March 2023.
Tata group, the new owner of Air India, has begun the process of restoring pilot and air crew salaries in a wider restructuring of wages and allowances to align them with those of its three other airlines.
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Once hailed among Covid-19 heroes for going beyond the call of responsibility to ferry life-saving drugs and coronavirus samples for testing, a pilot in Madhya Pradesh finds himself with an Rs 85 crore bill for damages of an airplane flown by him last year which crash-landed in Gwalior airbase.
The Indian government has carried several efforts to address the shortage of pilots in the country. In 2021, Flying Training Organisations (FTOs) produced 504 commercial pilot license (CPL) holders, the Lok Sabha was reported.