SpiceJet’s WING CLIPPED!

New Delhi: SpiceJet will operate a maximum of 50 per cent of its flights, which were approved for the summer schedule 2022, for a period of eight weeks, aviation regulator DGCA on Wednesday ordered. DGCA had on July 6 issued a show-cause notice to the airline, stating that “poor internal safety oversight” and “inadequate maintenance actions” have resulted in degradation of safety margins. Just three days after issuing the notice, the regulator started conducting spot checks on SpiceJet planes. The spot checks were completed on July 13. Minister of state for civil aviation VK Singh recently told RS, DGCA conducted 53 checks on 48 SpiceJet aircraft between July 9 and July 13 and it did not find any major safety violations.