DGCA has recently came up with a new form for keeping the records of pilots about their licenses and proficiency. Everyone has to submit the form latest by 15th October. You can download the forms .
Indian aviation is growing at a rapid speed of more than 15% ,but airlines are hardly making good profits. The biggest reason for not making good profit is due high ATF prices. For a airline, the biggest factor is the rate of ATF (Aviation Turbine Fuel ).ATF rates are highest in INDIA.Presently ATF costs Rs
India’s only business class airline has got the nod from DGCA for resuming the operations again. It has got the NOC to import 14 aircrafts including Airbus 320 and Q 400. Last year operations were shut down as minimum 5 aircrafts are needed to run a airline.
Great news for the airlines . ATR is going to set up a full simulator in Bangalore very soon. Recently ATR has started new sim training center in Paris. It will train the pilots for ATR 72/500 aircrafts.
Dear Reader, recently DGCA came up with a new public notice. This public notice says that all the applications for AME/CPL has to be accompanied with UID No only. No applications will be entertained without that UID no.This rule is applicable from Jaunary 1, 2012. Check this DGCA link: CLICK
Boeing has announced all new 737 MAX . This aircraft is very much fuel efficient and convenient for next generation. Boeing claims it is 16 % more fuel efficient than competitor ( probably A 320) and 4% less fuel consumption than A 320 Neo. In short it brings 7% lower operating cost . The first delivery will be in
GRIPS, Ground Reality Information Processing System is the latest aid for runway safety. The best part is it does not depend on any other aid like radar or and radio signal. In this system, the entire runway is fitted with long range cameras which takes photographs in every 30 seconds, and sends the video footage
In the recent times, for joining the elite group of star alliance ,Air India paid Rs 63 Crore as the application fees. But the airline was unable to complete the minimum norms, and finally got rejected. Now Air India is looking to get the money back.
Delay at Mumbai Airport costs over Rs 1 crore daily. According to the sources, ATC officials are handling around 70 flights in two hours between 9:30-11:30 pm, which is much more than DGCA prescribed limits. In the first thirty minutes ,generally there is a delay between 15-20 minutes.After that it increases to more than 50
The Bombay flying club was founded by Mr J R D Tata .This was the first flying club of India ,which was imparting pilot training to its students. The club was suspended due many discrepancies were found during the special audit of the flying club. There are 41 flying clubs in India, out of which
