NEW DELHI: Paying attention to the days-long ordeal confronted by passengers on account of mass cancellation of IndiGo flights, the parliamentary panel on transport, tourism and civil aviation will quickly summon all airways and different stakeholders, together with sector regulator DGCA and officers from aviation ministry. The panel, headed by Sanjay Kumar Jha of JDU, is not going to solely search explanations but in addition discover options to make sure that such disruptions don’t happen once more, sources mentioned.TOI discovered that whereas some panel members themselves confronted inconvenience on account of sudden flight cancellations, others acquired calls detailing how the disaster derailed journey plans of 1000’s of passengers.
“That is an unprecedented state of affairs within the historical past of India’s aviation sector. Each the airways and the regulator should clarify why such a state of affairs occurred and why they didn’t anticipate it,” mentioned a member of the panel.One other member mentioned the episode has uncovered deeper systemic problems with the aviation sector, together with manpower shortages, strained crew-management techniques and gaps in regulatory oversight. The panel may also talk about how rival airways ‘elevated fares abnormally to make undue revenue’.