New Delhi: SpiceJet, which has seen stringent regulatory action after flight cancellations and reduction in its fleet, today said it has never taken shortcuts with regards to safety.
It said in a statement, the airline said that safety was its top priority and that it was proud of an unblemished safety record.
The airline's comments came a day after civil aviation minister A Gajapathi Raju spoke about about the heightened surveillance of SpiceJet flights by the DGCA on account of of safety concerns.
The minister had told Firstbiz yesterday that "Spicejet's books are bad.....bad books sometimes give the impression that safety may not be getting as much priority as it should".
The DGCA has initiated several steps against SpiceJet - it has been restrained from taking advance bookings beyond a month, asked to pay November salaries by the 15th and to surrender 186 slots at various airports.
08/12/14 Firstbiz
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It said in a statement, the airline said that safety was its top priority and that it was proud of an unblemished safety record.
The airline's comments came a day after civil aviation minister A Gajapathi Raju spoke about about the heightened surveillance of SpiceJet flights by the DGCA on account of of safety concerns.
The minister had told Firstbiz yesterday that "Spicejet's books are bad.....bad books sometimes give the impression that safety may not be getting as much priority as it should".
The DGCA has initiated several steps against SpiceJet - it has been restrained from taking advance bookings beyond a month, asked to pay November salaries by the 15th and to surrender 186 slots at various airports.
08/12/14 Firstbiz
