New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has temporarily allowed airlines to extend flight duty time for pilots on long-haul flights as planes have to take longer routes on international flights due to the Iran war, a senior official of the Civil Aviation Ministry said on Tuesday. The easing of the pilot flight duty time limitation (FDTL) norm has been permitted as airlines were facing problems due to the longer flying hours that are now required for flights, as…
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New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) In a bid to address a recent surge in aviation incidents, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday announced stringent new measures to enforce a zero-tolerance policy against safety compromises in the Non-Scheduled Operators (NSOP) sector. The meeting with all NSOPs was called after all seven people on board an air ambulance that crashed in Jharkhand’s Chatra district on Monday evening were killed. Last month, former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Ministe…