India's DGCA Forms Committee to Study Why Airline With ‘Go’ in Name Keeps Stopping
India’s aviation regulator has formed a high‑level committee to investigate why an airline named ‘Go’ keeps cancelling flights across the country.
NEW DELHI — India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday announced the formation of an 11‑member high-level expert committee to investigate why an airline whose name prominently features the word “Go” has, for several months now, shown a persistent inability to do so.
The committee, comprising aviation experts, retired bureaucrats, and a former school principal known for asking “what is the root cause?, has been tasked with submitting a comprehensive report explaining the phenomenon of flights that do not depart.
According to officials, the panel will “leave no stone unturned, no delay unexplained, and no passenger sufficiently reassured.”
DGCA sources confirmed that the committee’s scope of inquiry is intentionally broad, beginning with a fundamental question:
Does naming an airline ‘Go’ place unrealistic expectations on it?
“We believe semantics may be at play,” said a senior official familiar with the matter. “If the airline had been named ‘IndiPause’ or ‘IndiGoIfPossible,’ public outrage would be significantly lower.”
The committee will also review whether the airline’s logo, designed to evoke motion, progress, and optimism, may have misled passengers into assuming planes would actually leave the ground.
“Visual communication is important,” noted one member. “If a logo implies forward movement, there is a reasonable consumer expectation of… movement.”
Meanwhile, passengers affected by cancellations have welcomed the committee with cautious optimism.
“I was supposed to fly to Bengaluru last Thursday,” said Rakesh Mehra, who has now been rescheduled six times. “The airline says my flight is ‘under review.’ I feel like I am under review.”
DGCA officials clarified that during the investigation period, passengers are advised to remain calm, flexible, and unburdened by time-sensitive commitments such as weddings, surgeries, or employment.
The committee’s final report is expected “soon,” a timeline officials defined as “before the next cancellation, unless the next cancellation happens first, which statistically it will.”
When asked whether the airline’s operational challenges were already well-documented, one committee member dismissed the suggestion.
“Yes, there are engine shortages, supply chain disruptions, lease disputes, and scheduling issues,” he said. “But none of that explains why a 6:30 a.m. flight is canceled at 6:28 a.m. We are looking for deeper truths.”
At press time, the committee’s inaugural meeting had been delayed due to the cancellation of three members’ flights.
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