India’s biggest budget carrier IndiGo has had its aviation security training licence suspended over major lapses in its employee examination system.
The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) shut down its training academy and said the airline will be forced to outsource security training.
The academy is run by IndiGo’s parent company, InterGlobe Aviation.
BCAS found the airline was using the same question papers for several months in a row.
BCAS chief Kumar Rajesh Chandra said a probe was launched at the academy after virtually all the candidates got unusually high scores.
BCAS described it as a serious violation and could suspend its training licence indefinitely.
It is mandatory for all scheduled airlines to conduct aviation security training for all security staff and cabin crew which can be at their own BCAS-approved training centre or an external facility.
An IndiGo spokesman said it only relates to aviation security training and other in-house training operations are unaffected.
