New Delhi: The range of passenger court cases filed with the civil aviation regulator- the Directorate general of Civil Aviation (DGCA)- in 2025 has reached almost 98% of the overall complaints recorded in all of 2024.
As of june 2025, three,925 lawsuits were registered, in comparison to 4,016 in the entire year of 2024, civil aviation minister Rammohan Naidu advised parliament on Monday.
In a written respond to a query raised by member of parliament (MP) Mukul Balkrishna Wasnik, Naidu, sharing a 12 months-wise facts of proceedings received by DGCA considering 2021-22, stated that a complete of 3,925 proceedings were filed in 2025 (as much as June), compared to 4,016 in 2024 and 5,513 in 2023. The number stood at 4,131 in 2021 and 3,783 in 2022.
The respond additionally included the variety of technical defects in plane inside the equal length indicating that, as of june this year, the quantity of technical defects pronounced has already reached 43% of the overall recorded in 2024.
As in line with the statistics, 183 defects have been pronounced this year as much as june, in comparison to 421 in 2024 and 448 in 2023. The number of suggested defects become 514 in 2021 and 528 in 2022.
The written reply additionally said that a total of 2,094 investigations were done towards severe defects or snags pronounced over the past 5 years (as much as june 2025).
Naidu stated that all aircraft operators have a device in their enterprise to make certain that each one defects, minor or others, whether or not said with the aid of flight team or discovered through renovation crew are recorded and investigated for taking suitable rectification movement. All defects which can be critical in nature are intimated straight away by means of all operators to DGCA.
mentioning the stairs taken with the aid of the government to bolster safety in mild of the latest air india tragedy that killed 260 people in ahmedabad after the B787 crashed moments after take-off, Naidu's reply said, "DGCA has comprehensive and structured civil aviation rules for secure operation of aircraft and its upkeep. those policies are constantly updated and aligned with the worldwide Civil Aviation organization (ICAO)/ecu Union Aviation safety agency (EASA) requirements. submit-coincidence, DGCA better the take a look at and inspection of the essential element of safety assurance as a way to become aware of and rectify instantaneous systemic troubles."
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