Flight cancellation and delays are not only about bad weather or tantrums thrown by VIPs.
Unfit aircraft accounted for more than 75 per cent flight cancellations last month, a fact which also raises serious safety issues.
Now the civil aviation ministry has decided to put several domestic airlines on notice for the lapse.
This year has already seen many domestic flights routinely getting cancelled on technical grounds.
According to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), earlier flight cancellations on such grounds were never a worrisome trend.
But now the aviation ministry has decided to crack down and is planning to send notices to the ten domestic airlines which have experienced the largest number of cancellations as a result of unfit aircraft.
According to Aviation ministry officials, poor maintenance is one major reason for such delays.
Notices soon
“In May this year, we noticed that airlines were constantly cancelling flights due to various technical reasons, including faults, non-functional parts, and even aircraft breakdown. We will soon send notices to various airlines seeking a reply regarding such cancellations as it is sheer harassment for the passengers during peak tourist season to face such delays and cancellations,” a senior DGCA official told Mail Today.
24/06/15 Mail Online India
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Unfit aircraft accounted for more than 75 per cent flight cancellations last month, a fact which also raises serious safety issues.
Now the civil aviation ministry has decided to put several domestic airlines on notice for the lapse.
This year has already seen many domestic flights routinely getting cancelled on technical grounds.
According to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), earlier flight cancellations on such grounds were never a worrisome trend.
But now the aviation ministry has decided to crack down and is planning to send notices to the ten domestic airlines which have experienced the largest number of cancellations as a result of unfit aircraft.
According to Aviation ministry officials, poor maintenance is one major reason for such delays.
Notices soon
“In May this year, we noticed that airlines were constantly cancelling flights due to various technical reasons, including faults, non-functional parts, and even aircraft breakdown. We will soon send notices to various airlines seeking a reply regarding such cancellations as it is sheer harassment for the passengers during peak tourist season to face such delays and cancellations,” a senior DGCA official told Mail Today.
24/06/15 Mail Online India
