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Safety concerns: Aviation ministry to hold monthly meeting with airlines

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August 13, 2025

IN a bid to enhance safety for flyers and to improve their travel experience, the Ministry of Civil Aviation will hold a monthly review meeting with the leading airlines in the country, said a senior aviation official.

- S LALITHA @ New Delhi

IN a bid to enhance safety for flyers and to improve their travel experience, the Ministry of Civil Aviation will hold a monthly review meeting with the leading airlines in the country, said a senior aviation official. The recent spate of incidents involving different airlines seems to have prompted the decision. The first such meeting took place on August 5 in Delhi with Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu reviewing the safety measures of different airlines for the six months between January 1 and June 30 this year. "Henceforth, the review will be every month," the official added.

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