NEW DELHI: Aviation authorities will meet Indian carriers at 4 pm on Wednesday to figure out a way to handle the crisis caused by grounding of large number of Boeing 737 Max aircraft that is leading to significant flight cancellations and resultantly pushing up spot airfares. Aviation secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola and DGCA chief B S Bhullar will meet airline heads to see if and how unavoidable passenger inconvenience could be kept to a minimum.
Twelve Boeing 737 Max of SpiceJet will be grounded by 4 pm Wednesday. “Consequent to the regulatory directive on the Boeing 737 MAX, SpiceJet has already initiated grounding of its MAX fleet. In order to cause least inconvenience to its passengers and also bring these aircraft to its maintenance base we expect to complete this exercise on or before 4 pm Wednesday. SpiceJet has presently announced cancellation of 14 flights for Wednesday and will be operating additional flights from Thursday.
