Indian's are flying a lot more these days. But with carriers reporting an exceptional jump in technical glitches, alongside alleged safety violations, questions over passengers' safety are doing the rounds.
India's domestic air passenger traffic grew 24.14 percent in February over the year-ago period, logging its fastest pace in 13 months, reported BloombergQuint. This, despite the fact that February is a lean month. However, airlines have recorded an uncommon jump in technical glitches over the past few days, raising questions over passengers' safety ahead of the peak summer season.
Data furnished by regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) revealed carriers flew 1.07 crore passengers in February. But, according to The Economic Times, the weekend saw IndiGo reporting five technical glitches, while SpiceJet and Jet Airways logged three each. Air India recorded two technical snags.
IndiGo has been grappling with problems with A320neo jets powered by Pratt & Whitney (P&W) engines for a while now, with as many as 12 A320neo grounded. Last week IndiGo and GoAir had to cancel around 50 flights as almost a third of their A320new aircraft fleet remained grounded following a safety directive by the DGCA.
The Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha on 13 March told the Rajya Sabha that technical snags in airlines have gone up from 15,048 in 2014 to 21,500 in 2016. "Snags have increased due to increase in number of aircraft in the airline and increased number of flight sectors," he said.
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India's domestic air passenger traffic grew 24.14 percent in February over the year-ago period, logging its fastest pace in 13 months, reported BloombergQuint. This, despite the fact that February is a lean month. However, airlines have recorded an uncommon jump in technical glitches over the past few days, raising questions over passengers' safety ahead of the peak summer season.
Data furnished by regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) revealed carriers flew 1.07 crore passengers in February. But, according to The Economic Times, the weekend saw IndiGo reporting five technical glitches, while SpiceJet and Jet Airways logged three each. Air India recorded two technical snags.
IndiGo has been grappling with problems with A320neo jets powered by Pratt & Whitney (P&W) engines for a while now, with as many as 12 A320neo grounded. Last week IndiGo and GoAir had to cancel around 50 flights as almost a third of their A320new aircraft fleet remained grounded following a safety directive by the DGCA.
The Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha on 13 March told the Rajya Sabha that technical snags in airlines have gone up from 15,048 in 2014 to 21,500 in 2016. "Snags have increased due to increase in number of aircraft in the airline and increased number of flight sectors," he said.
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