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The Audit of the Civil Aviation Directorate (DGCA) (DGCA) has identified 19 finds against Air India Group, which needed immediate corrective measures, while all other carriers noted zero in this category. However, the regulator claimed that the high number of audit observations was “completely normal”.
Data published by DGCA on Wednesday (July 30, 2025) showed that its audit revealed 10 ‘level 1’ findings against Vistar, seven against Air India and two against Air India Express, all of which are part of the Air India group. All other airlines have seen zero observations in this category.
In the level 2 category, there were also 74 observations against three airlines Air India Group. Indigo had 23 and the findings Spicejet 14.
Breach that falls into the level 1 category requires immediate corrective measures, while level 2 detects non -compliance with regulatory requirements and procedural interventions.
To compare the scope of different airlines, Indigo has 419 aircraft in its fleet, Air India has nearly 300 aircraft and Spicejet has 19 aircraft in operation. Smaller regional carriers, such as Star Air (nine aircraft), recorded 41 levels of level 2 and Alliance Air (21 aircraft) recorded 57 findings. The Operator of the Quikjet (two aircraft), who is a partner for the giant e-commerce Giant Amazon, had 35 observations against him.
DGCA, however, tried to address the issues of security standards in different airlines and said in its statement: “For air companies with extensive operations and large fleet sizes, the higher number of audit findings is quite normal. Quantum and the scope of their activities means that such observations rather reflect the width and depth of their operations than any unusual.”
He added that globally too much aviation regulators “routine” meet similar patterns with the main airlines.
With concern about intervention in the travel sentiment between passengers, DGCA tried to alleviate concerns and said: “DGCA assures the public that these processes are robust and that the presence of these findings is evidence of active regulatory supervision.”
Published – July 30, 2025 22:23 is
