Sunday, 7 October 2012

DGCA gives KFA 15 days to reply to show cause notice


Cash trapped Kingfisher Airlines will need to have a “concrete” plan for operating the carrier. The civil aviation minister Ajit Singh said that KFA will have to satisfy the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on all aspects, including safety, surety of continuation of hassle-free operations and clearance of dues.
Speaking to the media on the matter, Singh said, “the DGCA has issued a show cause notice to Kingfisher Airlines to let us know what their concrete plans are and not just that they will get investments from here and there. Tell us a concrete plan on how you will pay salaries and how you will make arrangements to run the airlines.”

He further said that the airline would have to satisfactorily ensure the aviation regulator that “there will be no safety issues and there will be no problems due to the financial crisis.”

In the show cause notice issued to Kingfisher Airlines on Friday, DGCA has asked the airlines to explain ‘why its flying licence should not be suspended or cancelled, as it had grounded its entire fleet and failed to offer safe, efficient and reliable service’. The regulator has given KFA 15 days to reply to the notice.

“It (licence cancellation) will depend on what reply Kingfisher gives and DGCA will decide that,” Singh said

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