Question looms over SpiceJet audit story as ICAO clarifies visits to operators are not audits

International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has refuted SpiceJet’s claims saying that it never conducted an audit on any airline in India. William Raillant-Clark, Communications officer, ICAO said: “ICAO wishes to clarify that visits to operators are not audits or inspections at all.” This clarification by ICAO comes days after the budget carrier claimed that SpiceJet was the only scheduled Indian airline part of the audit conducted by ICAO under the Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) Continuous Monitoring Approach. The audit of SpiceJet safety systems helped India achieve its highest-ever safety ranking in the ICAO audit, the airline said in