Last Updated:February 13, 2026, 18:55 IST An Airbus A320 flew passengers between New Delhi, Bengaluru, Mumbai and Hyderabad on November 24 to 25 without the mandatory Airworthiness Review Certificate. File photo of an Air India aircraft. (Representative Image) Aviation watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has imposed a penalty of $110,350 (around Rs 1 crore) for operating an Airbus aircraft eight flights without a valid airworthiness permit, according to a confidential order issued earlier this month, news agency Reuters reported. An Airbus A320 flew passengers between New Delhi, Bengaluru, Mumbai and Hyderabad on November 24 to 25 without the mandatory Airworthiness Review Certificate, or ARC, a key permit issued annually by the regulator after a plane passes safety and compliance checks. As per the order dated February 5, 2026, issued to Air India CEO Campbell Wilson Joint Director General of Civil Aviation Maneesh Kumar noted that the security lapse had “further eroded public confidence and adversely impacted the safety compliance of the organisation.” An internal investigation conducted by Air India described the incident as …