Indian aviation regulator DGCA has directed low cost airline SpiceJet to operate on only 50% of their flights for the coming 8 weeks. This decision taken by the DGCA is due to the high number of incidents regarding safety of the passengers.
SpiceJet already operates on less than 50% of its flights
for the summer schedule and said that this would not impact the working of the
company. The airlines were operating with 4,192 flights per week making it
around 600 per day and now operates at 300 per day. SpiceJet said that there
would be no cancellation of flights as a consequence of this order. The
reported 8 incidents happened within a month time. The airlines was given 3
weeks’ time to explain why there should be no action taken against them. The
DGCA had earlier found out that SpiceJet did not have sufficient spare parts
for their airplanes.
SpiceJet has pointed out that it has been taking actions to
rise up its manpower in core operational departments like engineering, flight
safety and operation and maintenance control.
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