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DGCA Dismisses Four Inspectors Over IndiGo Oversight as Disruptions Continue

On-site monitoring follows planning failures under new pilot duty rules that led to thousands of cancellations.

DGCA sacks four flight operations inspectors in connection with IndiGo flight disruptions
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IndiGo witnessed widespread cancellations last week.
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Overview

  • DGCA stationed officials at IndiGo’s Gurugram headquarters to track cancellations, crew deployment, refunds and compensation, with daily reports to the regulator.
  • CEO Pieter Elbers and COO Isidre Porqueras appeared before the regulator’s four-member inquiry panel for a second round of questioning.
  • Flight cuts persisted on Friday, with about 160 cancellations at Delhi and Bengaluru after more than 200 the previous day.
  • IndiGo’s board hired Chief Aviation Advisors LLC, led by Captain John Illson, to conduct an independent root-cause review of the disruptions.
  • The government ordered a 10% winter schedule reduction and directed accelerated pilot hiring and fast-tracking of foreign crew authorisations to stabilise operations.