Lok Sabha Question No. 1340 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-09
Subject: Technical Snags
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Anubhav Mohanty

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

## Lok Sabha

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 1340 ( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  9th February 2023 )

## TECHNICAL SNAGS

## 1340.    SHRI ANUBHAV MOHANTY Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

## be pleased to state:-

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  any  statistics  regarding  the  technical snags reported by various airlines in the country;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  during  the  last  five  years,  year  and  airlinewise;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  enquiry  regarding  such incidents;
- (d)  if  so,  the  details  of  each  such  case  and  the  action  taken  against
- airlines by the Government;
- (e) whether the use of old aircraft is the main reason for technical snags
- and if so, the details thereof;
- (f) the details of the fixed period for use of an aircraft; and
- (g)  whether  the  Government  has  any  system  to  monitor  the  use  of  old aircraft by airline operators and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION      (GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD))

- (a)  &  (b)  Yes,  Sir.  The  details  of  technical  snags  reported  by  various airlines in the country during the last five years is at Annexure.
- (c) & (d) Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) Section 5 Series C Part I issued by  Directorate  General  of  Civil  Aviation  (DGCA)  requires  occurrences relating to system and component failure to be reported to DGCA. These occurrences,  based  on  their  severity  are  investigated  either  by  the concerned  airlines  under  the  supervision  of  the  DGCA  or  by  the  DGCA under Rule 13(1) of the Aircraft (Investigation of Accidents and Incidents) Rules, 2017.

(e) No sir.;

(f)  &  (g)  Aircraft  is  considered  airworthy provided the maintenance is as per approved schedule laid down by the manufacturer. Aircraft registered in India may operate as long as the aircraft is under maintenance support provided by manufacturer for the continuous operation of the aircraft. No aircraft  can  fly  without  having  a  valid  Airworthiness  Review  Certificate (ARC) issued by the DGCA.

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Details of significant technical snags reported by various airlines in the country are as follows:

| S/N   | AIRLINES                                     | 2018   | 2019   | 2020   | 2021   | 2022   |   TOTAL |
|-------|----------------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
| 1.    | M/s Alliance Air Aviation Ltd (Alliance Air) | 01     | 04     | 01     | 04     | 03     |      13 |
| 2.    | M/s Interglobe Aviation Ltd (Indigo)         | 142    | 208    | 141    | 179    | 215    |     885 |
| 3.    | M/s Spicejet Ltd (Spicejet)                  | 26     | 205    | 147    | 170    | 143    |     691 |
| 4.    | M/s Tata Sia Airlines Ltd (Vistara)          | 59     | 139    | 64     | 85     | 97     |     444 |
| 5.    | M/s Air India Ltd (Air India)- Fleet A       | 99     | 73     | 54     | 71     | 64     |     361 |
| 6.    | M/s Big Charter Pvt Ltd (Fly Big)            | -      | -      | -      | 01     | 01     |      05 |
| 7.    | M/s Air India Ltd (Air India)- Fleet B       | 08     | 11     | 14     | 05     | 00     |      38 |
| 8.    | M/s Go air                                   | 10     | 19     | 07     | 11     | 07     |      54 |
| 9.    | M/s Akasa Air                                | -      | -      | -      | -      | 06     |      06 |
| 10.   | M/s BlueDart Aviation Ltd                    | 01     | 00     | 04     | 01     | 01     |      07 |
| 11.   | M/s TrueJet                                  | 10     | 08     | 06     | 05     | 01     |      30 |
| 12.   | M/s Air Asia (India) Ltd                     | 13     | 35     | 11     | 12     | 08     |      79 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL                                        | TOTAL  | TOTAL  | TOTAL  | TOTAL  | TOTAL  |    2613 |

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