DGCA has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 20 lakh on Air Aisa. details here

fine of A fine of Rs 3 lakh each has also been imposed on 08 designated examiners of AirAsia for failing to discharge their duties as per applicable DGCA civil aviation requirements.

Earlier DGCA had imposed 70 lakh fine on Vistara last year for non-compliance of route distribution guidelines and the full service carrier paid the penalty “under protest”.

The airline also said that it has been fully complying with the Route Dispersal Guidelines (RDG) for the past several years and had missed compliance with only one flight.

Under the RDG, airlines are required to operate a certain number of flights to under-served regions, including the North East.

A senior DGCA official said that the fine of Vistara was fined Rs 70 lakh in October last year for non-compliance of RDG.

In a detailed statement, Vistara said that even for April 2022, it was prepared to deploy significantly more than the minimum required ASKM (Available Seat Kilometers) per category, which would have resulted in 1.22 per cent flights on CAT IIA routes against the requirement. 1 percent.

“However, some flights had to be canceled due to the closure of the Bagdogra airport, leading to a reduction of only 0.01 per cent in the number of flights required in April 2022 (just one flight less).

“Furthermore, as per the new Civil Aviation Policy 2016, which came into effect from northern winter 2017-18, the business of ASKM has also been discontinued, which has limited the options available to airlines to make last minute adjustments in such cases. has been limited,” it said.

* with agency inputs