The DGCA wants airlines to allocate seats free of cost for kids when seating them next to their parents on board flights.
Indian regulator mandates kids to be seated with parents on flights
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India’s DGCA introduces new flight duty guidelines for pilots
The Indian regulator, DGCA has notified new guidelines for pilots so that they can get more rest between flight duties. These rules will go live later this year.
Weird: Indian aviation regulator considering banning use of perfumes and mouthwash for pilots
The Indian aviation regulator is considering bringing a new rule where the use of alcohol-mixed personal hygiene items such as perfumes and deodorants will be banned on pilots for the fear of it setting off the breath analyser to positive.
India hikes airfares by ~12% and capacity by 7.5% for domestic travel across India
In another spate of fare hikes, Government of India has raised prices for air travel within the country by 9-12% depending on the sector you fly. Here are the details.
India to put ‘No Maskers on board’ on ‘No Fly List’. 5 People already got on this list!
India has notified and implemented harsher rules for those passengers who refuse to wear a mask on the plane. Four Passengers were met by security and put on a no-fly list as soon as the rules got notified, signalling airlines won’t shy away from using this rule to keep the miscreants at bay.
Indian Government advises to keep middle-seat empty, but not necessary
A new rule by the Indian regulator takes the middle path for the Middle-seat empty debate. Allows airlines to fill the middle-seat, but dress up the middle-seat occupiers with PPE-Lite.
Government proposes to offer 24-Hours Free Cancellation on all air tickets
You may still not take off on time, but you might just get paid for it. The DGCA and Indian Civil Aviation Ministry yesterday put out a new consultation paper on passenger rights which include a long rope for customers and a short leash for the airlines concerned. Here is how the policy may change your travel experience.
No-fly lists coming to India shortly & the power is with the airlines
India is activating provisions to enable airlines and the government to notify a no-fly list. This means uncouth behavior in the air will not be tolerated anymore and gets you barred from flying further. Time to return to the gentleman ways of flying! Here is why!!!!!
DGCA bans crew pictures!
The Indian Aviation regulator is not just terrified of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones, but also crew taking pictures on the plane.
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones usage banned on Indian flights
Samsung Note 7 seems to be the next big problem for airlines to solve. The Indian regulator just applied a prohibition on using the phone inflight, and issued an advisory on how to carry it if you are on an India originating flight. Know more!
India gets back its Category 1 safety rating by FAA
Like I’d written on this blog about 14 months back, India had received a downgrade of its safety assessment rating from the American civil aviation authority FAA, which conducts an inspection on the regulators of all the countries who operate flights to the USA. The downgrade was done on the premise that India’s regulator did not have the expertise to supervise India’s airlines, and needed to beef up their know how to be able to get back to Category 1. The impact of this downgrade, a privilege that only few other countries had, was that India’s airlines could not launch new flights to the USA, and the ones which they already had, would face additional scrutiny. Also, no American airlines…
