The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had issued a notice to SpiceJet for “poor internal safety oversight and inadequate maintenance” that resulted in “degradation of safety margins”, junior aviation minister VK Singh said in a written reply in Parliament on Monday.
He added that the civil aviation regulator last year restricted the airline’s departures to 50% of those approved under the summer schedule for weeks.
SpiceJet was involved in a string of flight safety incidents last year, prompting the DGCA to put the carrier under enhanced surveillance comprising audits and safety checks. Its services were capped at half its approved schedule on July 27 last year, and the restrictions were then extended twice, first till September 21 and then till October 29.
