Low-cost carrier Spicejet taken off DGCA’s enhanced surveillance regime

Aviation regulator the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday removed Indian airline SpiceJet from its enhanced surveillance regime, news agency PTI reported citing a senior official.

The airline was put on surveillance starting June 22. DGCA officials had then said that this step had been taken as a matter of abundant precaution given the incidents during monsoon season last year.

Cash-strapped SpiceJet had reported at least eight incidents of technical malfunction between June 19, 2022, and July 6, 2022, following which the regulator had ordered the airline to operate just 50 per cent of its scheduled flights. This cap was removed by the DGCA on October 21, 2022.