New Delhi: Aviation regulators BCAS and DGCA on Wednesday slapped penalties totalling Rs 2.70 crore on IndiGo, Mumbai airport operator MIAL, Air India and SpiceJet for various violations.
Days after a video of IndiGo passengers having food on the Mumbai airport tarmac was widely shared, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has slapped fines of Rs 1.20 crore on the airline and Rs 60 lakh on MIAL, while DGCA has imposed a penalty of Rs 30 lakh on the airport operator, according to separate orders.
Separately, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has slapped a penalty of Rs 30 lakh each on Air India and SpiceJet for their failure to comply with the rostering of pilots for operating flights in low visibility conditions.