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South Korea orders urgent inspections of Boeing fuel switches after a shocking Air India crash report! The probe revealed fuel switches on a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner were flipped to “cutoff” seconds after takeoff, raising global safety concerns. India’s DGCA mandates checks on Boeing 787s and 737s by July 21, impacting Air India, IndiGo, and SpiceJet, while airlines like JetBlue, Etihad, and JAL follow suit. Despite a 2018 FAA advisory, outdated switch locks remain a risk. Will this spark tougher regulations for Boeing?

Vistara Crisis - Over 20% of Vistara flights over the weekend and on Monday were either cancelled or severely delayed, because there were no pilots to fly them. In fact, the issue has escalated to an extent that Vistara has now reduced their number of daily flights - they've cut short over 50 flights from Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru to deal with the crew shortage. Now, the ministry of civil aviation has asked the airline for a comprehensive report. Here's what went down

Have you recently taken a flight? If you were flying from or to a major airport in the country. Chances are your flight might have been delayed by at least a few minutes if not hours. And that’s because Indian airlines are struggling to keep up with the surge in demand. The incapability of airlines to keep up with the surge in demand is leading to long delays, hike in prices, and frustration for passengers. Cash-strapped SpiceJet's passengers had to suffer the most number of delays. According to DGCA data, only 61% of SpiceJet’s flights departing from India’s 4 biggest airports took off on time.

India’s aviation sector is abuzz! Indigo, India’s largest airline is all set to buy 500 commercial jets. The mega deal is expected to be signed at the Paris Air show on Monday. World's biggest aircraft deal this order for 500 narrow bodied A320 airbus aircrafts will eclipse the 470 aircrafts ordered by Air in February this year.

On Monday, the crisis-hit Go First was ordered by the aviation regulator, the DGCA, to immediately cease all direct and indirect ticket sales pending further instructions. The airline operator has been required to respond within 15 days of receiving this warning, and a decision will be made about the continuation of their Air Operators Certificate (AOC) based on the response they provide.

Shankar Mishra, who is accused of urinating on a woman on board a New York-Delhi Air India flight, has been terminated by his company, Wells Fargo

In an advisory, the aviation regulator has said that ‘applying restraining devices should be used when all conciliatory approaches have been exhausted’

DGCA advisory to air travellers: This comes after several reports of skyrocketing airfares being charged for flights between India and the United Kingdom.

Director General of Civil Aviation has initiated a probe and ordered taking the crew off duty.

In India, no-frills carrier SpiceJet is the only sole operator of 737 Max planes; it has 12 such aircraft in its fleet