Overview
- IndiGo is restoring services after last week’s mass cancellations, aided by temporary regulatory exemptions to stabilize operations.
- Official data show IndiGo controls roughly 63–65% of domestic traffic and the Tata group about 26–27%, giving the two more than 90% combined share.
- Route-level analysis indicates IndiGo operates over 950 domestic routes, with nearly 600 served solely by the airline and roughly 200 with only one rival.
- In Parliament, Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu said India needs five big airlines as MPs urged a DGCA–CCI review to boost competition and protect consumers.
- The disruption has intensified scrutiny of concentrated markets across sectors, with analysts flagging high entry barriers and the CCI pursuing more digital-market probes.