Overview
- A passenger video captured a pigeon flying inside an IndiGo aircraft before take-off on the Bengaluru to Vadodara route, with crew and travellers trying to coax it out.
- The clip, filmed by passenger Karn Parekh and posted on Instagram, drew wide online reactions and underscored a light moment during a difficult travel period.
- Operational turmoil continued with more than 450 IndiGo flights cancelled on Monday, the seventh straight day of disruptions linked to newly enforced pilot rest rules that the government has since stayed.
- The DGCA issued a show-cause notice over the chaos, and IndiGo said refunds for cancellations between December 3 and 15 total Rs 827 crore so far with more processing.
- InterGlobe Aviation, IndiGo’s parent, saw its shares fall roughly 7% to 7.5% on Monday during the continuing schedule disruptions.