New Delhi, July 29 -- The number of passenger complaints filed with the civil aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) till June 2025 has reached nearly 98% of the total complaints recorded in 2024. As of June, 3,925 complaints have been registered, compared to 4,016 in 2024, civil aviation minister Rammohan Naidu told the parliament on Monday. In a written reply to a question by MP Mukul Balkrishna Wasnik, Naidu shared year-wise data on complaints received by DGCA since 2021-22. A total of 5,513 complaints were registered in 2023, 3,783 in 2022, and 4,131 in 2021, the data showed. The reply also included the number of technical defects in aircraft in the same period indicating that as of June this year, the number of technical defects reported has reached 43% of the total recorded in 2024. Mentioning the steps taken by the government after the June 12 crash in Ahmedabad, Naidu's reply said, "...DGCA enhanced the check and inspection of the critical component of safety assurance in order to identify and rectify immediate systemic issues."...