Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday said Go First airline cancelled all itꦛs scheduled flights for Wednesday and ꧅Thursday without informing.
The aviation regulatory body has issued a notice to the airliner and asked it tဣo reply wi✃thin 24 hours, NDTV report said.
Th𝓀e rules state tha♑t airlines have to tell the DGCA well in advance if they want to cancel all scheduled flights, otherwise it will be a violation of the Civil Aviation Rules, it mentioned.
"No prior intimation has been given to the DGCA for such cancellations, which is non-compliance with conditions for approval of (flight) schedule. Go First has faiꦉled to report in writing the cancellations and the reasons," the report quoted DGCA’s notice.
“Go First today announced it has stopped all flights due to a severe funds shortage and blamed US aviation firm Pratt & Whitney (P&W) for ever-increasing number of failing engines, which has to the airline grounding 25 aircraft or 50 per cent of its Airbus A3ཧ20neo fleet,” it mentioned.
The Wadia Group-owned airline has also filed for insolvency with ꧅the National Company Law𒉰 Tribunal (NCLT) in Delhi, the report said.
The DGCA in the notice asked Go First what steps the airline plans to take to enꦺsure passengers who have booked flights for Wednesday and Thursday do not face incon🅰venience, it added.
Go First in a statement posted o❀n its website 💟said it will refund for the cancelled tickets.
Go First in another statement, the repo꧙rt quoted said: “a Singapore arbitrator ordered P&W to supply at least 10 serviceable spare leased engines by April 27, 2023 and 10 more engines - one each per month - by December this year”.
It also alleged: “But P&W has not followed the💯 order”.
Civil Aviati🙈on Minister Jyotiraditya Scindi꧟a confirmed that the airline has been facing critical supply chain issues with the engines, adding the government has been helping the airline in every possible way, the report said.
"It is unfortunate that this operation♑al bottleneck has dealt a blow to the airline's financial position. It has come to our knowledge that the airline has applied to the NCLT. It is prudent to wait for the judicial process to run its course," the report quoted Scindia as having said.
