Air Asia fined ₹ 20 lakh by DCGA for dereliction of duty

New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has imposed a heavy penalty on Air Asia. Air Asia has been fined Rs 20 lakh. The fine has been imposed for flouting the rules. Air Asia’s pilot, mandatory rules were ignored during pilot proficiency check. After being found guilty in this case, eight investigators of Air Asia have been fined Rs 3 lakh each by the DGCA. At the same time, the training head of Air Asia was suspended for 3 months.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has imposed a fine of Rs 20 lakh on Air Asia (India) airline for violating rules. DGCA has also imposed a fine of Rs 3 lakh each on 8 designated examiners of the airline for negligence in their work. Not only this, the training head of the airline has been suspended for a period of 3 months.

The surveillance inspection of Air Asia (India) Limited was carried out by DGCA from November 23 to November 25, 2022. According to a senior official, during the inspection, the DGCA found that pilots of Air Asia (India) Limited had not done some mandatory drills during pilot proficiency check and instrument rating check (which is an International Civil Aviation Organization requirement), which There is a violation of DGCA rules.

Subsequently, the DGCA issued show cause notices to the Accountable Manager, Head of Training and all the designated examiners of M/s Air Asia (India) Limited and sought their response. The written replies of the Accountable Manager, Head of Training and all the designated examiners were examined, the official said. Accordingly, action has been taken. Over the past few days, the DGCA has come down hard against flouting of rules by airlines and has taken action against several including Air India and GoFirst.