New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA today took three no-frill airlines to task for allegedly flouting payload restriction norms while flying to Jammu and Patna, where the airports have short runways, and warned them of stopping their operations if they continued to carry full load of passengers.
IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir were issued notices by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) after the regulator found them violating safety norms by carrying full flights to these two airports where they should fly with 20 per cent less load, official sources said.
The regulator, whose officials carried out real-time checks on the flights of these airlines to the two cities, asked the three airlines to report back by tomorrow evening that they would not fly a fully-occupied aircraft.
The DGCA, after examining the flight manifests of these airlines for 15 days, found they were carrying 170-180 passengers, instead of 150-155 as laid down in the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for airports with smaller runways.
When contacted, the spokespersons for the three airlines refused to comment on the matter.
There are strict norms restricting payload for smaller runways to ensure safe and smooth landings. Payload means the total weight of passengers and cargo that an aircraft can carry.
Read news in full 13/06/14 PTI/Business Standard
IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir were issued notices by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) after the regulator found them violating safety norms by carrying full flights to these two airports where they should fly with 20 per cent less load, official sources said.
The regulator, whose officials carried out real-time checks on the flights of these airlines to the two cities, asked the three airlines to report back by tomorrow evening that they would not fly a fully-occupied aircraft.
The DGCA, after examining the flight manifests of these airlines for 15 days, found they were carrying 170-180 passengers, instead of 150-155 as laid down in the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for airports with smaller runways.
When contacted, the spokespersons for the three airlines refused to comment on the matter.
There are strict norms restricting payload for smaller runways to ensure safe and smooth landings. Payload means the total weight of passengers and cargo that an aircraft can carry.
Read news in full 13/06/14 PTI/Business Standard
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