Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued letters to Kingfisher Airlines (KFA) for violation of Rule 140 A of aircraft Rules 1937. The letters has been issued as the airline company was not operating 175 of the 418 daily departure flights approved for it during winter schedule 2011 leading to cancellation of its slots.
In response, the cash-strapped airline company informed that they have initiated reconfiguration of their aircraft due to which some of their aircraft are out of service for a few weeks.
Recently, unable to meet maintenance and overhaul expenses, Kingfisher Airlines had grounded 15 aircraft. The airline company’s active fleet had come down to 40 from 69 at the end of 2010.
