Aviation Watchdog Issues Warning Letter To Akasa Air Over Regulatory Lapses

Aviation watchdog DGCA has issued a warning letter to Akasa Air's accountable manager Vinay Dube, who is also its founder and CEO, for regulatory lapses, days after the airline was warned for violating norms related to handling dangerous goods.

Sources on Tuesday told PTI that the regulator has warned the airline's Accountable Manager to be careful to avoid non-compliance, citing two specific incidents related to a hard landing of aircraft and non-revision of the operations manual within the prescribed time frame.

There was no immediate comment from Akasa Air.

In a not-so-common development, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has now issued two warning letters to Akasa Air in less than a week. This is in addition to actions against the little over two-year-old airline for various non-compliances, including a six-month suspension of the carrier's head of operations and head of training for alleged lapses in pilot training.