55% IndiGo home flights delayed as crew name sick on AI recruitment day; DGCA to probe

Fifty-five per cent of IndiGo’s home flights have been delayed on Saturday as a big variety of cabin crew members took sick go away, with sources within the business saying they ostensibly went for an Air India recruitment drive.

When requested about this matter, DGCA chief Arun Kumar instructed PTI on Sunday, “We are looking into this.” The phase-2 of Air India’s recruitment drive was performed on Saturday and majority of IndiGo’s cabin crew members who took sick go away went for it, the sources within the business added.

IndiGo, India’s largest airline, presently operates roughly 1,600 flights — home and worldwide — each day. IndiGo didn’t reply to PTI’s request for a press release on the matter.

According to the Ministry of Civil Aviation’s web site, 45.2 per cent of IndiGo’s home flights operated on time on Saturday.

In comparability, the on-time performances of Air India, SpiceJet, Vistara, Go First and AirAsia India was 77.1 per cent, 80.4 per cent, 86.3 per cent, 88 per cent and 92.3 per cent, respectively, on Saturday.

The Tata Group took management of Air India on January 27, after efficiently successful the bid for the airline on October 8 final yr. Air India has began a recruitment drive for contemporary cabin crew members as it’s planning to purchase new planes and enhance its providers.