Lok Sabha Question No. 2848 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-05
Subject: Safety Audit
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Satyadev Pachauri

2848.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION UNSTARRED NO. : 2848 (To be answered on the December 2019)

## SAFETY AUDIT

SHRI SATYADEV PACHAURI

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has conducted a safety audit of airlines and if SO, the details thereof; and
- (b) whether certain airlines have failed to clear safety audit on various parameters and if s0, the details thereof and the action taken by DGCA against those airlines?

## ANSWER

Minister of State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

(a) Sir: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation( DGCA) regularly conducts safety audits of scheduled and non-scheduled airline operators in the country as per the Annual Surveillance Programme. The details of safety audits conducted by DGCA during 2018 and 2019 for Airlines are given in Annexure. Yes,

1. Zoom Air: The Air Operator Permit was not extended:

(b) Based on the findings/violations recorded during the audits/ surveillances/spots check; enforcement action is taken against the organisation/personnel responsible for lapse including withdrawal of DGCA approval to holders: The enforcement action taken by DGCA consequent to safety audit conducted in 2018 and 2019 are: post

## 2. Indigo:

- (ii) Maintenance engineers were suspended for non-adherence to SOP
- () Cockpit crew were suspended for non-reporting of incident
- (iii) DGCA Post Holders approval was withdrawn for non-compliance of DGCA Regulations.
3. SpiceJet: DGCA Post Holders approval was withdrawn for non-compliance

## Safety Audits conducted by DGCA for Airlines during years 2018 & 2019:

|                  | 2018                | 2019               |
|------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
| Regulatory Audit | Air Asia            | Pawan Hans         |
| Regulatory Audit | SpiceJet            | Air India Express_ |
| Regulatory Audit | Vistara             | Alliance Air       |
| Regulatory Audit | Jet Airways         |                    |
|                  | Pawan Hans          | Indigo             |
|                  | Air India           | Spicelet_          |
|                  | Jet Airways         | Go Air             |
|                  | Zoom Air            | Vistara            |
|                  | Air Asia            | Indigo             |
|                  | Alliance Air        | SpiceJet           |
|                  | Air India Express_  | Alliance Air       |
|                  | Indigo              |                    |
|                  | Go Air              |                    |
|                  | Jet Airways Konnect |                    |
|                  | Spicelet            |                    |
|                  | Vistara             |                    |
|                  | Trujet              |                    |
|                  | Air Odisha          |                    |
|                  | Air Deccan          |                    |

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## Annexure

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