DGCA cuts SpiceJet ops over safety issues
India’s aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday said it is restricting to half, SpiceJet’s summer schedule for eight weeks, on the basis of the findings of its “spot checks, inspections”, and the airline’s response to a notice from it.
The move comes a week after DGCA issued a warning notice to SpiceJet, saying the budget carrier had failed to establish its services were safe, efficient and reliable after at least nine SpiceJet flights between May 1 and July 6 witnessed “incidents” as DGCA and the airline term them — these range from cracked windscreens to malfunctioning instruments.
The airline submitted its response to DGCA on July 25.
