New Delhi: As many as 900 IndiGo flights were delayed across the country on Saturday due to the non-availability of cabin crew and staff. The airline also faced staff-related issues on Sunday.
Meanwhile, a DGCA official told news agency ANI that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has taken strong cognizance against IndiGo and sought an explanation behind the massive flight delays across the country.
The phase-2 of Air India’s recruitment drive was conducted on Saturday and the majority of IndiGo’s cabin crew members who took sick leave went for it, the sources in the industry added.
IndiGo, India’s largest airline, currently operates approximately 1,600 flights –domestic and international — daily.
According to the Ministry of Civil Aviation’s website, 45.2 percent of IndiGo’s domestic flights operated on time on Saturday.
In comparison, the on-time performances of Air India, SpiceJet, Vistara, Go First and AirAsia India was 77.1 percent, 80.4 percent, 86.3 percent, 88 percent, and 92.3 percent, respectively, on Saturday.
The Tata Group took control of Air India on January 27, after successfully winning the bid for the airline on October 8 last year.
Air India has started a recruitment drive for fresh cabin crew members as it is planning to buy new planes and improve its services.
