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DGCA puts SpiceJet under enhanced surveillance, to increase spot checks

Aviation watchdog DGCA on Thursday decided to place crisis-hit SpiceJet under enhanced surveillance that will entail increased spot checks and night surveillance to ensure the safety of the airline's operations. Based on reports of cancellation of flights and financial stress being experienced by SpiceJet, DGCA said it conducted a special audit of the airline's engineering facilities on August 7 and 8 and certain deficiencies were found during the audit. "In light of the past record and the special audit carried out in August 2024, SpiceJet has once again been placed under enhanced surveillance with immediate effect. "This would entail an increase in the number of spot checks/ night surveillance with a view to ensure the safety of operations," the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said in a release.

SpiceJet fliers barred from checking-in at Dubai airport over airline dues

Many SpiceJet flights from Dubai have been operating empty and passengers flying from Dubai with SpiceJet have been experiencing similar problems throughout the past week, according to a report

Will settle all dues by September 30: SpiceJet to Delhi High Court

The lessors had filed a case against SpiceJet in December, claiming dues of more than $20 million for the engines

SpiceJet's domestic market share falls to 3.1% in July, shows DGCA data

SpiceJet had recorded a market share of 16 per cent in March 2020, just before COVID-19 spread across India. The airline has been recording losses for the last six years

Delhi HC refuses listing of Spicejet's plea against grounding of 3 engines

The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to grant an urgent listing of low-cost airline Spicejet's plea challenging an order to ground three aircraft engines by today and hand those over to the lessors within 15 days. The plea was mentioned for urgent hearing before a bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet P S Arora. The bench said listing the plea during the day was not possible and it will be heard on August 20. "It is very difficult to list it today. Several judges are on leave today. Let the learned judges read the papers (case documents). We will have it on Tuesday," the bench said. Spicejet has challenged a single judge's August 14 order directing it to ground three engines by Friday and hand them over to their lessors within 15 days. The judge had directed the airline to offer prior inspection of the engines to the lessors -- Team France 01 SAS and Sunbird France 02 SAS -- through their authorised representative at the Delhi airport within seven days. Seni

SpiceJet Q1 results: Net profit drops 20% to Rs 158 cr due to fewer flights

Airline said it has initiated process of raising Rs 3,000 crore through QIP

SpiceJet Q1 results: Net profit drops 26.7% to Rs 150 cr on fewer flights

The company reported a profit of Rs 150 crore ($17.9 million) for the quarter ended June 30, down 26.7% from last year

SpiceJet Promoter Ajay Singh to dilute over 10% stake to raise Rs 3,000 cr

After the fundraising, Ajay Singh's shareholding in SpiceJet may drop to 30-35% from 47.8%

Lessors reject SpiceJet CMD Ajay Singh's pledge of shares to pay dues

Citing the depreciation of their assets, the lessors sought the grounding of the airline and the return of the engines

Mumbai airport announces 'disruptions' in SpiceJet ops, soon deletes X post

Non-payment of dues forced airport operator to take this step, sources said

Delhi HC tells SpiceJet to personally guarantee payment to lessors

The court had earlier given SpiceJet a final chance to settle a payment of Rs 50 crore to its engine lessors, Team France and Sunbird France

SpiceJet passengers stranded at Dubai airport due to flight cancellations

Hundreds of SpiceJet passengers were stranded at the Dubai airport on Wednesday after some flights were cancelled due to to non-payment of dues by the airline to the Dubai airport authorities, according to a source. A SpiceJet spokesperson on Thursday said few flights from Dubai to India were cancelled due to operational reasons on Wednesday but did not elaborate. The source in the know said around 10 SpiceJet flights, which were to be operated to various Indian cities from Dubai, were cancelled due to non-payment of dues. Hundreds of passengers were stranded at Dubai airport as a result of this, the source said. "On July 31, 2024, a few flights from Dubai to India were cancelled due to operational reasons. "The airline took immediate steps to mitigate the impact by rebooking affected passengers on subsequent flights and providing hotel accommodations," the airline spokesperson said. The spokesperson added that all its scheduled flights from Dubai are now operating as planned. A

Relief to SpiceJet, SC sends back its dispute with Kalanithi Maran to HC

SpiceJet and Singh had specifically sought to annul the portion of the arbitral award which instructed them to refund Rs 270 crore to Kal Airways and Maran

SpiceJet share price up 4.5% after SC upholds Delhi HC order favouring co

SpiceJet Supreme Court order: The Supreme Court, today, likely dismissed a petition filed by Kalanidhi Maran against the Delhi High Court's order which quashed the arbitral award in favour of Maran

SpiceJet to raise $360 mn by selling securities to restore normalcy

The company will issue shares to institutional investors, it said in an exchange filing, without disclosing the price at which they would be sold

All ops running after successful resolution of Microsoft outage: SpiceJet

SpiceJet said late on Friday that all its systems at airports, ticket bookings and call centres are up and running smoothly after a "successful resolution" of a Microsoft outage that impacted the aviation industry all through the day. "The technical outage has been fully resolved, and all our systems are back to normal operations," SpiceJet Chairman and Managing Director Ajay Singh said in a statement. The outage, which began Friday morning, affected airlines globally, causing temporary disruptions to online services and airport check-in processes. The airline said that despite the challenges posed by the global technical outage, it is operating all scheduled flights as planned on Friday and claimed there was not even a single cancellation due to the technical outage. "Our team worked to ensure minimal disruption to our passengers' travel plans. We appreciate the understanding and cooperation of our passengers and stakeholders during this time," the airline said.

Check-in systems down: IndiGo, SpiceJet, Akasa ops hit by major tech glitch

Microsoft cloud service outage disrupts check-in systems across the country. Airlines are working with Microsoft to resolve the technical issues

SpiceJet gains 5% on fresh capital raising plan; stock up 12% in 4 days

However, in the past six months, the SpiceJet stock has underperformed the market by falling nearly 10 per cent, as compared to 13 per cent rally in the BSE Sensex.

Go First heads towards liquidation after failed EaseMyTrip, SpiceJet bids

Go First owes creditors - Central Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, and IDBI Bank - around Rs 6,200 crore

Indian aviation sets record H1FY24 traffic; IndiGo, Tata Group thrive

Although June 2024 saw a decline in domestic passenger traffic in India compared to May 2024, it was the best June on record with 13.6 million passengers compared to 12.4 million in June 2023