Nearly three-fourths of Air India's 267 aircraft have repeatedly encountered problems.
PTI, New Delhi. The government told the Lok Sabha that an analysis of 267 aircraft of Air India Group revealed that about three-fourth of these aircraft had frequent faults.
Out of a total of 754 aircraft of the six airline companies, a total of 377 aircraft have been detected with repeated malfunctions since last January. Out of 405 IndiGo aircraft, 148 aircraft faced repeated problems.
Minister of State for Civil Aviation Muralidhar Mohal, in response to a question, said that out of 166 aircraft of Air India, 137 aircraft were identified with recurrent problems, while out of 101 aircraft of Air India Express, 54 aircraft were found with recurrent problems.
In total, 267 aircraft of the Air India group (Air India and Air India Express) were analysed, of which 191 were identified as having recurring faults. 43 SpiceJet aircraft were analysed, out of which 16 aircraft were identified with recurring problems.
A total of 14 aircraft out of 32 aircraft of Akasa Air faced repeated problems. On this data, Air India spokesperson said, we have carefully checked our entire fleet. Therefore the number is high.
In response to another question, the Minister said that there were 637 sanctioned technical posts in DGCA in 2022. The number of sanctioned technical posts has been increased to 1063.
In response to another question, the Minister of State for Civil Aviation said on Thursday that the cases of technical problems in flights have decreased in the last three years.
Last year only 353 such incidents occurred. 421 technical problems were reported in 2024. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has established a systematic safety monitoring mechanism to monitor compliance of all aircraft and airport operators with regulations and civil aviation requirements.
2,645 posts vacant in AAI and three aviation regulators
In a written reply to another question in the Lok Sabha, the Minister of State for Civil Aviation said that 2,645 posts are vacant in the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and three aviation regulators DGCA, BCAS and AERA. He said that there are 787 vacancies in DGCA.
AAI has 1,667 vacancies. Appropriate steps are taken from time to time to fill the vacancies. There are 180 vacancies in Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) and 11 vacancies in Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA). Responding to another question, he said that in the last three months, IndiGo canceled a total of 6,936 flights, affecting 10,81,680 passengers.
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