US aviation regulator refuses to postpone India visit

September 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - According to an audit done by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the US, India has been found to be fully compliant with international safety standards, the government said Wednesday. "They (FAA) have taken a view to keep us in Category 1.

September 8th, 2009 MUMBAI/NEW DELHI - The Jet Airways Tuesday sought the intervention of the aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), after more than 300 pilots of the carrier reported sick and went on leave. Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal met DGCA director general S.N.A.

August 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's aviation sector regulator has warned all airlines operating on international routes of "appropriate action" if they failed to comply with instructions regarding distribution of health screening cards to passengers on board. "It has come to the notice of the DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) that some airlines are still not distributing the requisite health screening cards to the passengers on board, causing public health hazard," a government statement said Wednesday.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The new aviation regulator, Airport Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA), will settle all contentious issues in the aviation sector, including the airport development fee issue, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said here Thursday. Replying to questions in parliament, Patel said: "AERA has been constituted by an act of parliament and has started functioning.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Out of a total plan outlay of Rs.12,165 crore for the civil aviation ministry, a sum of Rs.190 crore will be provided as budgetary support to various organisations under the ministry, the government said Monday after Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the annual budget in Parliament. Out of the Rs.190 crore, India's airport developer, Airports Authority of India (AAI) has been allocated Rs.99.15 crore for development of airports.

June 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Y.S. Bhave, secretary in the Department of Consumer Affairs, was Friday appointed chairperson of the newly constituted airport regulator, Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA).

June 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Thursday said it has developed an effective strategy to strengthen its regulatory mechanism and safety system for its aviation sector following recommendations from international authorities. "The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA - India's aviation regulator) has developed an effective strategy to strengthen and develop a robust regulatory mechanism and a safety oversight system.

June 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation Tuesday submitted the report of its probe into near-collision between President Pratibha Patil's choppers and an Air India aircraft at Mumbai airport Feb 9. DGCA Director General S.N.A.

June 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - India and the US have agreed to work towards making the Aviation Cooperation Programme (ACP) more productive for India in its efforts to modernise the civil aviation industry as it undergoes rapid expansion. The agreement was reached during a June 10-12 visit here by a high level delegation led by Civil Aviation Secretary Madhavan Nambiar.

March 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has assured its US counterpart that India will soon have a separate agency for investigating air accidents, a government official said Monday. 'We are streamlining the working of our agency and would have a separate agency to handle air accident investigations.

March 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Even a month after President Pratibha Patil's entourage of three helicopters nearly missed colliding with an Air India aircraft in Mumbai, little progress is seen on the ground in ascertaining who was at fault - the air traffic controllers or the pilots. A nine-member probe team headed by the joint director general with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, A.K.

March 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the country's aviation sector regulator, will meet airline operators to discuss the cartelisation issue, it said Friday. 'We are meeting again to discuss the issue concerning reported cartelisation among airline operators,' DGCA director general Naseem Zaidi told reporters on the sidelines of a business meet.

February 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The aviation regulator has got explanation letters from six airlines on why they withdrew promotional fares and hiked base tariff, a government official said here Saturday. He refused to divulge details of the letters.

February 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel Wednesday morning warned airline operators against 'cartelisation', the aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), asked them to explain their fare hikes. The move came a day after Indian carriers, including budget airlines, withdrew promotional fares and hiked the base tariff.

February 9th, 2009 MUMBAI/NEW DELHI - Two air traffic controllers have been taken off duty following the incident Monday where an Air India aircraft escaped crashing into President Pratibha Patil's entourage of helicopters at the airport here. The move comes after the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), India's aviation regulator, Tuesday began a probe into the incident at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.