DGCA asks Go First to refund passengers; airline scraps flights till May 9

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday asked Go First airline to refund passengers, who have been affected by ticket cancellations, following regulations.

Go First, which was operating about 200 flights a day, on Tuesday initiated the insolvency process and cancelled all flights from May 3-5. On Thursday, the airline announced on Twitter that it was extending the cancellation till May 9. The airline is also not taking any new bookings for flights from May 10-15.

Almost half of the airline’s 57 aircraft fleet is grounded due to delay in engine supply by US-based Pratt & Whitney (PW). The airline has blamed PW for its cash crunch.