The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has slapped a whopping penalty of Rs 1.1 crore on Air India for safety violations.
The aviation regulator, which carried out a detailed investigation following a voluntary safety report from an airline employee, said the violations occurred on flights operating on certain long-range terrain critical routes. The safety report was regarding a leased aircraft operated by airline.
DGCA had issued a show-cause notice to Air India after the probe prima facie revealed non-compliance by Air India.
This comes a week after the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) slapped a fine of Rs 1.2 crore on IndiGo days after a January 14 viral video showed its passengers having food on the tarmac at the Mumbai airport.
Mumbai airport operator MIAL was also fined Rs 60 lakh by BCAS and Rs 30 lakh by DGCA in separate orders on January 17.
DGCA on January 17 had also imposed a fine of Rs 30 lakh each on Air India and SpiceJet for their failure to comply with the rostering of pilots for operating flights in low visibility conditions.
