Indian regulators rebuke Air India Express for failing to replace engine parts in time and falsifying records
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Civil Aviation Resources Network, July 7, 2025: Reuters reported on July 4 that a government memorandum from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) showed that in March this year, the DGCA reprimanded Air India Express, a low-cost airline under Air India, for failing to replace engine parts of Airbus A320 aircraft in a timely manner as required by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and falsifying records to show compliance.
Air India Express told Reuters that it admitted the mistake to Indian regulators and took remedial and preventive measures. EASA responded that it would investigate the matter.
Air India has been under strict scrutiny since its Boeing 787 crashed in Ahmedabad in June (only one of the 242 people on board survived). At present, the world's worst air crash in a decade is still under investigation.
The Airbus engine problem of Air India Express was raised as early as March 18, several months before the crash. But Indian regulators have warned parent Air India several times this year for violations, including three Airbus planes that failed to have their escape slides inspected on time, and a warning in June for serious violations of Air India pilots' duty hours.
Air India Express, a subsidiary of Air India, has more than 115 aircraft flying to more than 50 destinations and operates 500 flights a day.
In 2023, EASA issued an airworthiness directive requiring the replacement of certain parts of CFM International's LEAP-1A engines (such as seals and rotating parts) because manufacturing defects were found to cause parts failure and even cause high-energy debris to fly, threatening the safety of aircraft control.
A confidential Indian government memo from March obtained by Reuters showed that the DGCA inspection found that an A320 of Air India Express had not completed the replacement of engine parts within the prescribed time limit, and that the data in its aircraft maintenance record system (AMOS) was suspected of being tampered with/forged to show compliance.
The aircraft usually flies domestic routes in India and international routes such as Dubai and Muscat. The memo pointed out that this omission showed that the responsible manager failed to ensure quality control.
The Indian government reported to parliament in February that regulators warned or fined airlines 23 times for safety violations last year, including three involving Air India Express and eight involving Air India.