Domestic airlines reported 427 technical faults in aircraft this year: Govt

Eight scheduled passenger airlines witnessed 427 incidents of technical faults in their planes this year till July 19, according to official data.

During the period from January 2024 till July 19, as many as 268 flights of scheduled passenger airlines were cancelled.

The data was provided by Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol as part of a written reply to the Rajya Sabha on Monday.

In 2024 till July 19, IndiGo saw 46 incidents of technical faults in its aircraft while the count stood at 51 in the case of Alliance Air.

SpiceJet and Vistara had 23 and 44 such incidents, respectively.

Air India's Fleet A saw 152 such incidents while Fleet B witnessed 101 such incidents during the January-July 19, 2024 period, as per the data.

Fleet A refers to Airbus planes and Fleet B refers to Boeing aircraft.

Fly Big and Akasa Air had 6 and 4 such incidents during the given period.

Together, the total number of incidents of technical faults in planes of these carriers touched