NEW DELHI: Being attentive to the days-long ordeal confronted by passengers as a result of mass cancellation of IndiGo flights, the parliamentary panel on transport, tourism and civil aviation will quickly summon all airways and different stakeholders, together with sector regulator DGCA and officers from aviation ministry. The panel, headed by Sanjay Kumar Jha of JDU, won’t solely search explanations but additionally discover options to make sure that such disruptions don’t happen once more, sources stated.TOI learnt that whereas some panel members themselves confronted inconvenience as a result of sudden flight cancellations, others acquired calls detailing how the disaster derailed journey plans of hundreds of passengers.
Aviation Meltdown Escalates As IndiGo Cancels 400 Flights And Authorities Enforces Fare Controls
“This is an unprecedented situation in the history of India’s aviation sector. Both the airlines and the regulator will have to explain why such a situation occurred and why they failed to anticipate it,” stated a member of the panel.One other member stated the episode has uncovered deeper systemic problems with the aviation sector, together with manpower shortages, strained crew-management programs and gaps in regulatory oversight. The panel will even focus on how rival airways ‘increased fares abnormally to make undue profit’.
