DGCA steps in as Vistara crisis deepens with more delays, cancellations
In view of the various flight disruptions of Vistara, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has asked the airline to submit daily information and details on the flights that are being cancelled and delayed, the aviation watchdog said in a statement on Tuesday.
DGCA is also monitoring the situation to ensure minimum inconvenience to passengers.
The move comes against the backdrop of the non-availability of pilots forcing Vistara to cancel a significant number of flights in recent days.
Many passengers have taken to social media to complain about flight delays and cancellations.
The officials of the DGCA are also monitoring the situation to ensure compliance with requirements for providing facilities to passengers in case of flight cancellations and delays.
This is to minimize the inconvenience to passengers.
Earlier, on Monday, the airline cancelled around 50 flights due to the non-availability of the crew, and many flights were delayed.
Vistara, which is in the process of getting merged with Air India, has temporarily decided to cut flights amid crew issues.
“However, flight operations are managed by Airlines themselves. Airlines have to comply with DGCA norms to ensure passenger facilitation in case of cancellation or delay of flights,” the Ministry said in a tweet on Tuesday.
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Vistara is moving on lines of Vistara……..Owners with no experience wants to enter this industry…. civil airlines has many variable components – high risk, cost factors….etc.. Difficult to get any airline to make profits in this segment. The only one who makes money is the flight manufacturers.