DGCA suspends SpiceJet’s head of flight ops for three months
New Delhi: No-frill carrier SpiceJet Limited’s chief of flight operations, Gurcharan Arora, has been suspended by aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for a period of three months, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said.
The latest development comes after the DGCA ordered a special audit for Indian carriers including Air India and SpiceJet in a bid to ensure that weak finances of airlines doesn’t have any safety implications on their operations.
A SpiceJet spokesperson said that the suspension of Arora was not related to the safety audit. However the spokesperson didn’t reveal the reasons for suspension.
