DGCA: Financial safety audit of airports, airlines is on

The DGCA has maintained a delicate balance between reintroducing some of the suspended safety norms owing to COVID-19 outbreak and giving some relaxation in terms of administrative paperwork requirements to the sectoral players and crew.

However, the sharpest vigil is being kept on the overall safety aspect of airlines and airports. DGCA Director General Arun Kumar said “Safety audits of airports at Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai among others have been completed. All airports will be audited in a phase-wise manner. Not just airports but airlines are also being audited.” “Recently, two major airlines (Air India and SpiceJet) have been audited on various safety aspects. Now, the rest of the airlines will be audited,” he said.

“Despite COVID-19, audits will continue and no compromise with safety will be allowed.” Even financial audits are being conducted, Kumar said noting there would no compromise on grounds of strained financial condition of the airlines .