According to the latest audit and inspection exercises conducted by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), 263 problems associated with safety were detected in last one year in eight airlines in India. An audit as part of the annual surveillance plan (ASP) of DGCA as part of its Safety Oversight Programme was set out to check whether international aviation safety standards were being met and to improve the safety of operations of all carriers.
The civil aviation regulator emphasized that routine audits were especially crucial to expose any lapse and ensure that there was constant upgrading. According to norms set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), these audits are important in strengthening safety measures and to establish compliance in every aspect of the airline operations as mentioned by DGCA in its statement.
Government-owned regional carrier Alliance Air had the most safety findings, 57, and other the airlines were Air India, 51, and Ghodawat Star, 41. Quick Jet has been flagged with 35 findings followed by Air India Express that has 25 findings. IndiGo, the largest airline company in India, market share wise, had 23 findings, SpiceJet also had 14, whereas, Tata SIA Airlines (Vistara) had the fewest findings of 17. Remarkably, Air India was merged with Vistara in October last year.
The DGCA made two levels of findings on the basis of the level of safety compromise: Level 1 comprises serious matters and Level 2 includes less severe violations. There were 244 Level 2 and 19 Level 1 findings of the total. Air India and Vistara contributed most of the worst results by having 7 and 10 Level 1 findings respectively.
The regulator verified that the findings are serving as the guide of the corrective actions and better safety observation reasserting its sustenance of worldwide aviation safety standards.
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