Overview
- IndiGo says it is operating over 2,000 flights on December 13 under a government‑mandated 10% winter schedule cut, after roughly 160 cancellations at Delhi and Bengaluru were reported on Friday.
- Regulators have stationed officials at IndiGo’s headquarters for real‑time oversight and daily reporting, while a four‑member DGCA panel questioned CEO Pieter Elbers and COO Isidre Porqueras for a second day.
- The DGCA terminated four Flight Operations Inspectors responsible for oversight linked to IndiGo, naming Rishi Raj Chatterjee, Seema Jhamnani, Anil Kumar Pokhariyal and Priyam Kaushik.
- IndiGo will issue Rs 10,000 travel vouchers to passengers severely affected on December 3–5 and estimates total customer compensation will exceed Rs 500 crore.
- IndiGo’s board appointed Chief Aviation Advisors LLC, led by Captain John Illson, to conduct an independent root‑cause review, and the CCI is examining possible abuse of dominance on a suo motu basis.