With as many as eight technical malfunction incidents involving SpiceJet planes reported over the past three weeks, a significant number of domestic fliers are avoiding the airline over safety concerns, a new survey conducted by community social media platform LocalCircles has found.
On the question of whether the fliers were avoiding any particular airline due to safety concerns, 44% of those travelling on domestic routes said that they were keeping away from SpiceJet flights, while 21% selected Air India and IndiGo, 18% Go First, 12% AirAsia and 6% Vistara. The respondents were given the option of choosing more than one airline for this particular query, which garnered 16,128 responses.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday issued a show-cause notice to SpiceJet over the technical snags, flagging safety oversight, inadequate maintenance and payment-related shortage of spares.
