Spicejet Case

Police arrests SpiceJet flyer for 'unruly behaviour' at Delhi airport

Police have arrested a flyer accused of misbehaving with a female cabin crew member on a SpiceJet flight from Delhi to Hyderabad, officials said on Tuesday. The complaint was lodged by Sushant Srivastava, the airline's security officer, on behalf of the cabin crew member, they said. A PCR call was received at 4.39 pm (on Monday) about a passenger allegedly molesting a cabin crew member on SpiceJet Flight-8133 from Delhi to Hyderabad. The call was made by Srivastava, SpiceJet's security officer, a senior police officer said. The passenger has been identified as Absar Alam, a resident of Jamia Nagar in Delhi. He was travelling to Hyderabad with his family. During take-off, Alam allegedly misbehaved with a woman member of the crew. He was offloaded thereafter and taken to the police station by the SpiceJet security and the PCR staff, the police said. The accused was booked under Section 354A (sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code at IGIA (Indira Gandhi International Airport) po

Aviation watchdog to seek report from SpiceJet on incident at Delhi airport

Aviation watchdog DGCA will seek a report from SpiceJet on an incident at Delhi airport this week where passengers of a Bengaluru-bound flight had to wait for a long time at the aerobridge. A passenger had shared on social media a video and his experience about co-passengers having had to wait for a long time at the aerobridge on Tuesday at the Delhi airport. It happened with passengers of SpiceJet flight SG 8133 from Delhi-Bengaluru. On Wednesday late evening, SpiceJet said the flight was delayed due to weather disruption that led to incoming crew exceeding their duty time limit. A senior DGCA official on Thursday told PTI that the regulator is looking into the incident and "will seek a report from the airline". In its statement on Wednesday, SpiceJet said the flight was delayed on account of weather disruption in the network and the aircraft's previous rotation. "As a result of this, the incoming crew was not legal to operate the subsequent flight to Bengaluru and crew was arran

DGCA asks SpiceJet to get engine oil samples of entire Q400 fleet examined

Following a recent incident of smoke in a SpiceJet plane cabin, the aviation regulator DGCA has directed the airline to send the engine oil samples of the entire Q400 fleet consisting of 14 operational aircraft to Pratt & Whitney Canada to ascertain the presence of metal and carbon seat particles.

Former SC judge PV Reddi to mediate SpiceJet-Kalanithi Maran spat

SpiceJet incurred net losses of Rs 316 crore, Rs 934 crore, Rs 998 crore and Rs 1,725 crore in FY19, FY20, FY21 and FY22, respectively

Lessor pushes to repossess SpiceJet aircraft as payment negotiations fail

Aircraft lessor DAE has approached aviation regulator DGCA to deregister three SpiceJet 737 planes

Delhi HC rejects plea to stop SpiceJet flights after seven mishaps

Referring to three incidents in May, two in June, and another two in July, the petition said the lives were at risk due to the SpiceJet's poor management

Cheating case filed against SpiceJet MD Ajay Singh, others in Gurugram

A case of fraud has been registered against SpiceJet Chairman and Managing Director Ajay Singh and others for allegedly cheating a Gurugram resident by delivering fake share certificates to him.

SpiceJet gets notice over flight safety, says will be 'doubly careful'

SpiceJet has denied any violations on its part and said it is committed to safe operations

DGCA show cause notice to SpiceJet following spate of aircraft incidents

Three incidents on Tuesday alone; airline is operating on cash-and-carry basis and vendors aren't being paid regularly, leading to shortage of spares and frequent invocation of minimum equipment list

7th crisis in 2 months for SpiceJet: Two planes in mid-air scare on Tuesday

Delhi-Dubai flight diverted to Karachi over faulty indicator light; another plane from Kandla makes priority landing in Mumbai as windshield cracks

SC to hear plea of SpiceJet against Madras HC order in winding up case

SpiceJet has rushed to the top court against the January 11 order of a division bench of the High Court

Tribunal rules in SpiceJet's favour, rejects Maran's Rs 13-bn claim

SpiceJet's ex-promoter Kalanithi Maran had made the claim for loss on account of non-issuance of share warrants but the tribunal said it can't be treated as breach by SpiceJet and Ajay Singh.

Kalanithi Maran vs Ajay Singh: Blow to SpiceJet as SC dismisses petition

July 28 The Supreme Courttoday dismissed the appeal of Spicejet challenging the order of the Delhi highcourt directing it to deposit Rs 529 crore in a share transfer dispute withmedia baron Kalanithi Maran. The bench headed byJustice Rohinton Nariman heard both counsel for Ajay Singh, who controlsSpicejet, and Abhishek Singhvi for Maran before rejecting the appeal. As aresult, Spicejet is obliged to deposit Rs 250 crore in cash and Rs 329 in bankguarantees. The payment schedule was to start in August. According to Spicejet, the high court orderwas not only wrong in law but harsh as it amounted to infliction of 'civildeath' on the company. It pleaded thatthe order has the effect of undoing all efforts of the new management andsaddles the company with huge liabilities with fatal consequences. Maran, the former promoter of the airline,had transferred his 58.46 per cent stake in Spicejet to Singh in February2015, changing the ownership of the airline. Under the agreement, ..