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DGCA Panel Submits Confidential Report on IndiGo Disruptions for Government Review

Officials will determine penalties after reviewing the probe, following IndiGo’s admission of planning gaps under phase‑II pilot rest rules.

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The committee was set up on December 5 after IndiGo faced widespread flight delays and cancellations across its network, beginning in late November 2025.
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Overview

  • A four-member committee led by Joint Director General Sanjay K. Bramhane submitted its findings on December 26 to the DGCA and the Civil Aviation Ministry, with copies sent to the minister and the civil aviation secretary.
  • The inquiry assessed the network collapse linked to the phase‑II rollout of revised Flight Duty Time Limitation norms, focusing on crew forecasting, training, and rostering failures noted by the regulator.
  • Early December saw more than 5,000 cancellations overall, with daily scrubs peaking around 170–200 and one day exceeding 1,600 cancelled flights.
  • Stabilisation measures already in place include a 10% cut to IndiGo’s winter schedule and temporary relaxations to FDTL provisions, with certain exemptions running through February 10.
  • Accountability steps so far include show-cause notices to CEO Pieter Elbers and COO Isidre Porqueras and the removal of four DGCA flight operations inspectors responsible for IndiGo oversight.