The incident seemingly violates a ruling by the Delhi High Court in a March 8 case.

The major issues that need to be addressed include operation of drones around army cantonments and other high security areas; privacy issues also on the table

SpiceJet has 13 Boeing Max aircraft in its fleet.

The decision to postpone the resumption of scheduled international air services comes five days after the Ministry of Civil Aviation had announced that such flights would resume from December 15, after a gap of around 20 months.

With the identification of the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus, the Indian government has stipulated testing for all passengers flying in from the UK, Europe and 11 other countries.

Passengers arriving from ‘at-risk’ countries are likely to face long waits at airports to complete testing procedures. A Rapid-PCR test result, priced at Rs 4,000, will take about two hours, while an RT-PCR result, priced at Rs 500-900, will take 5-6 hours.

In its revised guidelines, the state govt has imposed strict restrictions only on passengers from "High Risk Countries", which are South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe.

This comes just a few days after, the Civil Aviation Ministry approved the resumption of regular international flights from the beginning of this year's summer schedule, as well.

The advisory comes amid the criticism drawn by Air India, after it was reported that a drunk passenger on its New York-Delhi flight last month had urinated on a woman onboard.

Air India’s CEO & MD Campbell Wilson said the airline staff must be clear on the standard of behaviour expected on its aircraft, and take firm and timely action against those who do not comply

The DGCA-licensed FTO at Amravati’s Belora airport will be operational by Q1 FY26 and will target to graduate 180 commercial pilots every year.