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Although American Airlines have put a ban on a student who peed on flyers, they can still manage to fly in other domestic and international carriers, experts explain how.

The Indian budget airline claimed the audit of SpiceJet safety systems helped India achieve its highest-ever safety ranking in the ICAO audit.

IATA will set global standards for contactless boarding procedure IATA will look at India's experience of the newly-launched DigiYatra app IATA's members currently account for 83 per cent of global traffic

The North`s Korean People`s Army said later that it took "strong countermeasures" in response to what it claims to be a 10-hour-long South Korean artillery exercise.

North Korea said that the missile tests were "regular and self-defence" actions against US military threats North Korea claimed its missile testing did not pose any threat or harm to the safety of civilian aviation or neighbouring countries They made clear that the missile activities are aimed at countering US military threats and criticised the ICAO’s move

A government source, reacting to the development said, "We regret the decision of the Government of Pakistan to yet again deny overflight clearance for the VVIP special flight, which is otherwise granted routinely by any normal country."

Air passengers will now get higher compensation that could amount up to Rs 1 crore in the event of death, injury, loss of baggage or inordinate delay in flights, with an amended legislation coming into force

With substantial improvement, Air India is expected to post an operating profit of Rs 8 crore in the current fiscal, the government said today.

Relatives of those killed in the MH17 air disaster today urged Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to launch a global campaign to obtain radar images which may help pinpoint who fired a missile at the plane.

Aviation regulator DGCA faces the uphill task of issuing licenses to 2000-odd Air Traffic Controllers (ATCOs) and over 60 aerodromes ahead of the audit by UN aviation body, International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), later this year, sources said.

India's aviation safety mechanism is likely to remain downgraded till March next year with the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) finding deficiencies on eight counts, it was officially stated Tuesday.