“Failure on both parts of the DGCA and the airline…”: Karti Chidambaram on IndiGo flight delays

Amid nationwide disruptions caused by delays and cancellations of IndiGo flights, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Friday criticised both the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the airline for failing to enforce and comply with the mandatory rest period directive for flight crew in a timely manner.

Speaking to ANI, Chidambaram said, “DGCA had earlier given a directive to airlines to enforce a mandatory rest period for flying crew. And when they gave that directive, they should have done an impact assessment. The airline concerned, particularly IndiGo, also knew about the directive well in advance. So this is a failure on both parts of the DGCA and the airline in not complying with the directive that was issued…”

He questioned why the DGCA did not enforce the directive in ti