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New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has cut IndiGo’s approved winter schedules by 5% as the airline has “not demonstrated an ability to operate” the same — 15,014 weekly departures — “efficiently”. The airline has been directed to reduce operations “across sectors, especially on high-demand, high-frequency flights, and to avoid single-flight operations…
The ministry of civil aviation on Tuesday directed senior officials to conduct on-ground inspections at major airports to assess the situation firsthand and review the challenges passengers are facing.This comes as the operational breakdown at IndiGo continues to cause chaos at airports around the country. Officials at the rank of deputy secretary, director and joint…
Chaos at airports amid flight cancellations NEW DELHI: India’s largest airline IndiGo is scrambling to restore stability after a week of unprecedented operational chaos sparked by the rollout of revised Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) for pilots. The disruption, which began on December 2, quickly snowballed into one of the worst aviation meltdowns the country…
Shares of InterGlobe Aviation, the parent of IndiGo, remained under heavy pressure on Monday, extending a sharp sell-off that has wiped out more than Rs 37,000 crore in market value in less than a week, as operational turmoil rattled investor confidence.The stock slid as much as 10% to Rs 4,842 during intraday trade, marking its…
Operations could return to normal by Dec 10. IndiGo is expected to operate 1,650 flights on Sunday, well below the pre-crisis level of 2,200 NEW DELHI: IndiGo operations could return to normal by Wednesday (December 10) and the airline is expected to operate 1,650 flights on Sunday, but well below the pre-crisis level of 2,200…
AI image (Picture credit: Gemini) At airports, there was a time when a crackling announcement – “This is the last call for …” – meant panic, urgency, a frantic dash through terminals. When a voice reverberating in mechanical voice announced, “your flight has been delayed”, it was no less than a nightmare as it tested…
Shares of InterGlobe Aviation, the parent of IndiGo, have fallen more than 7 per cent over the past four trading sessions as the airline battles a severe operational crisis that has triggered large-scale flight cancellations and left thousands of passengers stranded.On Friday, the stock slipped 1.22 per cent to close at Rs 5,371.30 on the…
Ten hours on plastic chairs, midnight boarding, pre-match heebie-jeebies. Mumbai City FC’s journey to a Super Cup semi-final became the face of a nationwide air travel meltdown as IndiGo cancellations and delays left thousands stranded across India.The former ISL champions reached Goa Thursday morning after their Wednesday afternoon flight was cancelled amid widespread disruption. “After…
The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) issued a letter on Wednesday to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) alleging that IndiGo imposed a “hiring freeze” despite having a two-year window to prepare for the full rollout of new flight duty and rest period norms for cockpit crew.“Despite the two-year preparatory window before full FDTL…
