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Air India and Air India Express added that they are working to add more capacity to help travellers, and their baggage, reach their destinations as seamlessly and quickly as possible.

In a statement, the ministry of civil aviation said it has mandated that the refund process for all cancelled or disrupted flights must be fully completed by 8 pm on Sunday, December 7

IndiGo CFO Gaurav Negi, in a earning call on November 4, referred to the revised FDTL regime as a “scaled-down version” of the original proposal and guided only for a “slight uptick” in costs, while CEO Pieter Elbers told analysts that the airline had scaled up its fleet and operational plans to meet peak year-end demand.

In a statement, the Ministry of Civil Aviation said it has invoked its regulatory powers to ensure fair and reasonable fares across all affected routes

There will be an impact of 5-7% on the topline on the quarterly basis only if the cancellation continues its trend, say analysts

His comments came amid the unprecedented disruption in air services across the country over the last four days caused by the large-scale cancellation and delay of IndiGo flights

A press statement from the Railway Ministry said that the Southern Railway (SR) has carried out the highest number of augmentations, enhancing capacity in 18 trains

For the past 2-3 days, IndiGo flights across the country, including in major cities like Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai, have been cancelled leaving thousands of passengers stranded.

Due to the mass grounding of flights by Indigo, there has been a dramatic increase in the hotel tariffs, a hotelier said.

11 IndiGo flights have been cancelled from Jammu airport amid operational disruptions affecting schedules.

In a video message, the IndiGo CEO said, “Cancellations were made for today as to align our crew and planes to be where they need to start afresh tomorrow morning."

In the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack, which took place in April 2025, the civil aviation ministry capped fares on flights out of Srinagar

The regulator noted that during a review meeting earlier, IndiGo acknowledged that it had failed to anticipate the actual crew requirement under the revised norms and admitted to “significant planning and assessment gaps” in implementing Phase-II of the FDTL CAR 2024.

Sources told Moneycontrol that 102 flights -52 arrivals and 50 departures - were cancelled at the airport on December 5

This comes after the airline faced heat both from the regulator DGCA and the aviation ministry for the massive flight disruptions.

More than 700 flights were scrapped today alone with total cancellations crossing 1,000, leaving passengers stranded at major hubs.

Domestic air travel in India has become shockingly expensive after IndiGo’s massive flight cancellations. With fares on key routes like Delhi–Bengaluru and Delhi–Chennai crossing ₹80,000, many international flights are now cheaper than domestic ones. Here’s how the IndiGo meltdown triggered an unprecedented airfare surge.

The clip, shared widely on X and other platforms, was described by many as emblematic of the difficulties passengers faced during the ongoing disruption. Users questioned the absence of basic support facilities and called for clearer protocols to handle situations involving medical urgency.

The phased FDTL norms were introduced to prevent pilot fatigue and improve flight safety.

The pilots' body said that it is disappointing that selective dispensations were granted to IndiGo Airlines in respect of the implementation of the revised FDTL CAR (Phase II).