Operational disruptions, higher pilot costs and softer yields hit sentiment
IndiGo, which is operated by InterGlobe Aviation Ltd, started out as a scrappy underdog in a sector where everyone else was backed by government, billionaires, or storied corporate group
Regulator forms oversight teams to monitor airline's daily operations, crew management, and passenger handling amid crisis
The budget airline had scrapped at least 2,000 services last week because of poor pilot roster planning, leaving tens of thousands of passengers stranded
IndiGo's two-decade ascent to market leadership has met a major setback, as planning lapses and new crew rules exposed vulnerabilities in the airline's lean operating model
On Wednesday, IndiGo cancelled over 60 flights from Bengaluru airport, even as CEO Pieter Elbers claimed yesterday that the airline's operations were back on track
IndiGo cancels over 60 flights from Bengaluru despite CEO claiming operations stable
Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu also suggested that the crisis at IndiGo may have been 'intentional'
IndiGo controls two-thirds of India's domestic aviation market, operating about 2,200 flights daily. The budget airline failed to prepare in time for new government rules
The survey highlighted the impact of frequent tail swaps-when airlines switch the aircraft assigned to a flight
With the DGCA's statutory status remaining only on paper, the civil aviation ministry is making a bigger noise about what action should be taken against IndiGo
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A union for loco pilots has demanded norms similar to those for airline pilots, including capping duty hours at six hours for passenger trains and eight hours for goods trains
Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu said that IndiGo's internal rostering disruptions led to large-scale cancellations, causing inconvenience to thousands of passengers
On Tuesday, DGCA directed IndiGo to reduce winter schedule by 5 per cent across sectors, especially on high-frequency flights. Meanwhile, IndiGo share price is down 18 per cent in December 2025
IndiGo has restored most flights, improved on-time performance and cleared major backlogs, delivering over 4,500 bags and issuing ₹827 crore in refunds
Even as IndiGo's cancellations, delays and refunds mount, several board members argue Pieter Elbers' crisis-handling record and experience make his removal neither simple nor necessarily wise
The contest for India's 1.4 billion consumers was turning into a fixed match, I had argued in May 2023
Six major domestic airlines have employed 13,989 pilots, with Air India and its low-cost arm, Air India Express, having 6,350 and 1,592 pilots respectively and IndiGo having 5,085 cockpit crew, Parliament was informed on Monday. The number of pilots at Akasa is 466 and at SpiceJet, it is 385, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol said in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha. The government-run Alliance Air has employed 111 pilots, he added. The minister said the rate of employment among qualified pilots is dependent on market forces. He said the rationale behind airlines hiring foreign pilots, inter alia, is the requirement of a specific type-rated pilot in light of fleet expansions and time-bound operational requirements. Mohol also said the flying training organisations (FTOs) are continuously upgrading their aircraft fleet by regularly inducting training aircraft fleets. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has facilitated the induction o
Minister promises strict action; airline board members unsure if CEO must go