DGCA fines Vistara for allowing pilots to fly without proper training

Indian airline Vistara is fined by the local aviation regulator the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for violating flight crew training requirements after a pilot was caught flying the airline’s aircraft without completing necessary training.

On June 2, 2022, the DGCA fined Tata Sons-owned Vistara $12,887 (Rs 10 lakh) for allowing an improperly trained first officer to operate a domestic passenger flight on the carrier’s Airbus A320 jet from Delhi (DEL) to Indore (IDR) on August 9, 2021.