DGCA requests airlines to augment number of flights

TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi/ As airfares continue to rise, Indian aviation watchdog DGCA has “requested” the airlines to bring the “immediate and medium-term plan” on Wednesday to augment the number of flights, which will be over and above the flights approved for the summer schedule, government officials said on Tuesday.

“With the grounding of the 737 Max aircraft and the continuing cancellation of flights by Jet Airways, the airfares have been rising. Therefore, the DGCA has been meeting with the airlines continuously so that they augment the additional capacity, which would be over and above the flights approved for the summer schedule,” a senior government official said.

According to the officials, the airlines were “requested” to bring “the immediate and medium-term plan” to augment the “additional capacity in the market” at a meeting scheduled to be held at the DGCA office on Wednesday. For the last few weeks, the cash-strapped Jet Airways has been grounding its aircraft due to non-payment of dues to its lessors.