DGCA orders SpiceJet to operate 50% of approved flights for 8 weeks following multiple snags

FOLLOWING THE recent spate of safety-related incidents reported on its planes, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday ordered SpiceJet to operate only 50 per cent of its flights for the next eight weeks to ensure that the airline sustains its “efforts for safe and reliable air transport service”.

In a statement, the airline said it had already “rescheduled its operations” due to the “lean travel season”, and there would be “no flight cancellations”.

The aviation safety regulator, in its interim order, said SpiceJet will be subjected to “enhanced surveillance” during this period, and any increase over the 50 per cent cap will be “subject to the airline demonstrating to the satisfaction of