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Aviation information watchdog DGCA has imposed a good of ₹1 crore connected Tata Group-owned Air India for operating an Airbus A320 Neo plane without the requisite airworthiness certification connected astatine slightest 8 routes past year, according to sources.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), connected December 2 past year, said it was probing the incidental of Air India operating an A320 Neo level without having a requisite airworthiness certification connected astatine slightest 8 routes.
The sources said connected Friday (February 13, 2026) that the regulator has imposed a ₹1 crore good connected Air India for the violations.
"Air India acknowledges the receipt of a DGCA bid successful narration to an incidental that was voluntarily reported backmost successful 2025. All identified gaps person since been satisfactorily addressed and shared with the authority," the hose said successful a statement.
On November 26, 2025, the hose informed the DGCA astir the flying of the A320 craft with the expired airworthiness reappraisal certificate (ARC) connected 8 gross sectors.
ARC is issued annually successful respect of an craft aft a broad reappraisal of its attraction records, carnal information and verification of compliance with each airworthiness standards. It is simply a validation of an aircraft's main certificate of airworthiness.
Under the norms, Air India has been delegated the powers to contented the ARC for an aircraft.
Tata Group-owned Air India has antecedently faced regulatory actions for definite violations arsenic well.
