IndiGo says it is fully compliant with pilot norms now; shares rise 1.5%

IndiGo says it is fully compliant with pilot norms now; shares rise 1.5%

• IndiGo shares up 1.5% as airline plans to meet FDTL norms by Feb 2026.
• IndiGo raised pilot allowances after flight disruptions from new FDTL rules.
• IndiGo gets DGCA exemption until Feb 10, 2026 for new FDTL regulations.

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Shares of Indigo rose over 1.5% on February 11 as the airline said it is ready to comply with the Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) regulations that were set in place in November last year.

The airline informed DGCA that all necessary operational, rostering, and monitoring arrangements are being put in place to ensure compliance with approved FDTL scheme with effect from February 11, 2026.

The airline had blamed the norms for the large scale flight disruptions in December 2025 following which the aviation regulator granted it a one-time exemption till February 10, 2026 to get things back in order.

At 11:02 am on February 11, IndiGo shares were trading 1.5% higher at Rs 5,030 apiece.

IndiGo had hiked allowances for pilots by up to Rs 2,000 with effect from January 1 after the country’s largest airline faced severe flight disruptions due to pilot rostering challenges.

A lack of adequate planning in implementing the revised FDTL norms, which permit a lesser number of night landings for a pilot, has been attributed as a key reason for the disruptions that have forced the airline to cancel more than 1,600 flights on a single day.

Against the backdrop of new norms necessitating the deployment of more pilots for night operations, IndiGo has revised higher allowances doled out to the pilots.

The hikes, ranging from as little as Rs 25 to Rs 2,000, will be for various allowance categories, including domestic layover, deadhead and night.

With the revision, a captain, who was earlier paid Rs 2,000 as domestic layover allowance, will now get Rs 3,000. In the case of a first officer, the allowance for the same time frame will rise to Rs 1,500 from Rs 1,000 earlier.

For every hour beyond the 24-hour time frame, a captain will get Rs 150 from Rs 100 earlier, while the first officer will be paid Rs 75 instead of Rs 50 earlier.

The night allowance per night hour for a captain and a first officer has been raised to Rs 2,000 and Rs 1,000, respectively.

Also, the deadhead allowance per scheduled block hour for a captain has been increased to Rs 4,000 from Rs 3,000 and that for a first officer to Rs 2,000 from Rs 1,500.

After disruptions, DGCA directed IndiGo to cut its winter schedule by 10%.

A media report said IndiGo incurred losses to the tune of Rs 2,000 crore due to the disruptions.