Shares of InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. are in focus today after the Competition Commission of India said it was reviewing allegations of anti-trust violations by IndiGo following mass flight cancellations earlier in December. In the first week of December, IndiGo cancelled about 4,500 flights due to poor pilot roster planning. (Reuters) The CCI has “taken cognizance […]
As the IndiGo flight status, or lack thereof, unravelled at India’s airports and share price went into tailspin, the civil aviation minister called for airlines in the world’s fastest growing aviation market. Passengers at the IndiGo counter after several flights were cancelled at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, on 5 December 2025. […]
The central government recently enacted the Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) norms in the airline industry. The rules seek to address the issue of pilot fatigue through increased rest time and reduced landing in the night hours. At the peak of the disruptions on 5 December, IndiGo cancelled 1,588 flights, or about 79% of its […]
The government has directed IndiGo to cut planned flights by 5% amid rampant cancellations, even as India’s largest airline by passengers carried limps back to normalcy—in fits and starts. A sign of things to come? A lone passenger stands at a IndiGo ticket counter at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Tuesday (9 […]
India’s latest aviation fiasco—about 3,000 flights cancelled since last week—has exposed the ill effects of leaving two-thirds of a fast-growing market in the hands of a single player and allowing it to become not just too big to fail, but also too big to tame. A passenger waits outside the IndiGo Airlines kiosk at the […]
IndiGo is staring at “significant” financial damage due to the ongoing crisis stemming from rampant flight cancellations, Moody’s Ratings said, thereby raising questions on the “too big to fail” status of India’s largest airline by passengers carried. IndiGo’s rampant flight cancellations raises questions on the “too big to fail” status of India’s largest airline by […]
Shares of InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. fell the most in eight months after India’s civil aviation regulator called on the chief executive to explain the flight cancellations that have roiled India’s largest airline. A passenger waits outside the IndiGo Airlines kiosk at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru on 6 December. (AFP) IndiGo’s share price fell […]
On the evening of 2 December 2025, just three days before India’s largest airline would lose control of its operations, IndiGo executives noticed that a technology glitch that was delaying late-night check-ins—a small failure that would soon cascade into one of the worst aviation disruptions in the country’s history. Passengers inquire at an IndiGo airlines […]
SpiceJet Ltd. has decided to operate 100 additional flights over the next few days to mitigate the chaos left in the wake of IndiGo flight cancellations and delays, according to its chairman. A SpiceJet passenger Boeing 737-800 aircraft at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel international airport in Ahmedabad. (HT) “What happened is extremely unfortunate, and it has […]
Air travel across India is in turmoil for a fourth consecutive day after IndiGo—the country’s largest airline—cancelled 500 flights, including all departures from New Delhi, resulting in chaos across major airports. Passengers look at a flight information display as many IndiGo flights stand cancelled at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Friday, 5 […]
