The aviation safety regulator has served a show-cause notice on Kingfisher Airlines, asking why its permit should not be cancelled for failing to provide passengers with “safe, efficient and reliable service”.
The notice, which could lead ultimately to Kingfisher losing its licence to fly, suggests that the airline has not been able to adhere to its approved schedule for the last 10 months, leading up to a partial lockout this week.
“The notice has been issued under section 15(2)(b) of Schedule XI of the Aircraft Rules, 1937, giving Kingfisher 15 days to reply. If the reply is not satisfactory, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has the power to act,” a top civil aviation ministry official said.
In a statement issued on Friday evening, the ministry said, “The DGCA may cancel or suspend the permit of an airline for such period as he thinks fit, if he is satisfied that the holder of the permit has failed to establish a safe, efficient and reliable service.”
05/10/12 Indian Express
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The notice, which could lead ultimately to Kingfisher losing its licence to fly, suggests that the airline has not been able to adhere to its approved schedule for the last 10 months, leading up to a partial lockout this week.
“The notice has been issued under section 15(2)(b) of Schedule XI of the Aircraft Rules, 1937, giving Kingfisher 15 days to reply. If the reply is not satisfactory, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has the power to act,” a top civil aviation ministry official said.
In a statement issued on Friday evening, the ministry said, “The DGCA may cancel or suspend the permit of an airline for such period as he thinks fit, if he is satisfied that the holder of the permit has failed to establish a safe, efficient and reliable service.”
05/10/12 Indian Express
