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DGCA Sacks Four IndiGo Oversight Inspectors as Airline Taps External Expert

Regulators escalate real-time monitoring following mass cancellations tied to stricter pilot rest norms.

Overview

  • The aviation regulator terminated four Flight Operations Inspectors responsible for IndiGo oversight after a preliminary review pointed to lapses in monitoring.
  • IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers and COO Isidre Porqueras appeared before a four-member DGCA inquiry panel for a second day of questioning.
  • DGCA teams are stationed at IndiGo’s Gurugram headquarters and are conducting spot checks at airports with daily reporting on cancellations, refunds, crew deployment and passenger care.
  • IndiGo is operating on a 10% curtailed winter schedule, with roughly 160 flights canceled on Friday across Delhi and Bengaluru as disruptions ease from earlier peaks.
  • The airline is offering Rs 10,000 travel vouchers to passengers affected between December 3 and 5 and has hired Chief Aviation Advisors LLC, led by Captain John Illson, to conduct an independent root-cause review.