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27 Jan 2023

DGCA Slaps Rs 10 Lakh Fine on Go First for Leaving 55 Passengers at Airport

India aviation watchdog DGCA slaps Rs 10 lakh fine on Go First for an incident where 55 passengers were left behind in a coach at Bengaluru airport on Jan 9.

25 Jan 2023

DGCA Amends Flight Ticket Refund Rules, Airlines to Reimburse on downgrades

The new norms for flight ticket refunds will be effective from February 15; the new move by DGCA has been made considering the complaints from air travellers.

25 Jan 2023

Air India Updates In-flight Alcohol Service Policy to Avoid Intoxication

After the Peegate incident, Air India has now updated its in-flight alcohol service policy to keep a check on passenger's intoxication levels.

24 Jan 2023

Air India Peegate: Airline to Assist Pilot Against DGCA's License Suspension

Air India has finally finished its internal probe on the urination incident, and the airline has confirmed to support the pilot in appealing against the license suspension by DGCA.

25 Jan 2023

DGCA Slaps Rs 10 Lakh Fine on Air India for Not Reporting Unruly Behaviour

DGCA slaps Rs 10 lakh fine on Air India for not reporting unruly passenger behaviour incidents onboard Paris-New Delhi flight last year.

21 Jan 2023

Air India Peegate: Pilot body mulls legal action against suspension of captain

Air India Pee-Gate: A senior member of the Indian Pilots Guild (IPG), which represents the airline's pilots who fly wide-body planes, said it will take up the issue of suspension of the pilot concerned strongly.

21 Jan 2023

Air India management was aware of peeing incident on flight, reveals emails

The top management at Air India had previously claimed that they were not informed about the incident after the flight landed, which led to the accused Shankar Mishra walking away without any action against him.

21 Jan 2023

DGCA gives clean chit to Scoot for leaving 35 passengers at Amritsar Airport

DGCA said it had sought a report from Scoot regarding the January 18 flight -- which departed from Amritsar to Singapore in which 35 passengers were left behind in Amritsar.

20 Jan 2023

Air India acknowledges gaps in reporting peeing incident, says taking steps

The incident where Shankar Mishra allegedly relieved himself on a female passenger happened on the AI-102 flight from New York to Delhi on November 26, 2022.

20 Jan 2023

Air India peeing incident: DGCA slaps Rs 30 lakh fine on Tata-owned airline

Months after Air India urination incident, DGCA takes strict action against Tata airline DGCA imposed Rs 30 lakh fine on Air India DGCA also suspended the pilot's license

19 Jan 2023

Flight departs Amritsar Airport ahead of schedule, leaves 35 passengers behind

A travel agent, who booked the tickets for 30 people in the group did not inform about the change in Singapore-bound flight timings to the passengers flying from Amritsar Airport.

18 Jan 2023

Airlines to formulate policy on carrying pets on flight, display prominently

The aviation safety regulators worldwide have not issued any specific policy for carriage of pets inside cabin and they have allowed airlines to develop respective procedures for the same.

18 Jan 2023

Indigo flyer opens emergency door on Trivandrum-bound flight, DGCA probes

As per various reports, the IndiGo flyer was BJP MP from Bengaluru Tejasvi Surya and the flight was only able to take off after the pressure checks at the airport.

10 Jan 2023

DGCA Issues Notice To Go First Airlines, Flight Alleged For Leaving 50 Passengers

DGCA has issued a notice to Go First Airlines and sought a report. This notice has been issued regarding the journey of 9th January when Go First Airlines flight had taken off leaving 50 passengers on board. Know what is the whole matter.

09 Jan 2023

Drunk passengers smoke, pee on Air India flight: DGCA issues show cause notice

Air India failed to report two incidents on Paris-New Delhi flight, one where a drunk passenger was caught smoking in the lavatory and another for peeing himself on a vacant seat.

07 Jan 2023

'Use restraining devices': DGCA to airlines for handling unruly passengers

DGCA has issued new guidelines for airlines considering the recent Air India 'urination' incident and warned airline staff of action if they failed to take action against unruly passengers.

Air India peeing incidents

06 Jan 2023

‘AI peeing incidents very SHOCKING': DCW chief demands arrests, issues notice

Air India Peeing Incidents: In the notice, DCW chief Swati Maliwal described the incidents as “extremely disturbing and serious.” Maliwal has also demanded relevant information from the Delhi Police, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and Air India latest by 12pm on January 10.

06 Jan 2023

All about Shankar Mishra, the man who urinated on co-flyer on Air India flight

Urination on Air India flight: While the initial reports revealed the name of the accused as Shekhar Mishra, Delhi Police has now confirmed the accused's name as Shankar Mishra.

05 Jan 2023

Another Air India 'peeing' incident: Drunk man 'urinated' on woman's blanket

Delhi-Paris peeing incident: The male passenger was apprehended by the CISF as soon as he deboarded Air India plane but was later allowed to leave after the two passengers had a "mutual compromise".

05 Jan 2023

'Did not report incident as...': Air India tells DGCA about urinating incident

Air India told DGCA that the female passenger on the New York-Delhi flight had "rescinded" an initial request for action after the two "appeared" to have sorted out the issue.

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