Domestic carrier SpiceJet’s summer schedule for eight weeks was restricted to half after taking into account its operations capability, engineering support and availability of technical personnel, Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA) director general Arun Kumar told HT on Wednesday.
Kumar’s comments came a day after the regulator capped the budget airline’s operations over a spree of incidents earlier this summer, which appeared to pose a threat to passenger safety.
“While fixing the cap on the number of departures, we factored in their recent operations capability, engineering support, availability of technical personnel. We believe that as on date, they (airline) can provide safe and efficient aircraft operations only up to this (curtailed) level. The order is an interim one. It is unprecedented and historical as the regulator has decided to go this far for the first time,” Kumar said.
