Overview
- Nationwide cancellations have surpassed 2,100, with more than 220 flights scrapped at Delhi and Mumbai on December 7 as thousands of passengers were left stranded and fares surged.
- Reports link the disruption to a pilot shortfall after IndiGo struggled to implement crew-rostering regulations that mandate longer rest hours, despite months of advance notice.
- The Directorate General of Civil Aviation served show-cause notices to CEO Pieter Elbers and Accountable Manager Isidro Porqueras, seeking explanations within 24 hours for the widespread breakdown.
- IndiGo said its board formed a Crisis Management Group that includes chairman Vikram Singh Mehta, directors Gregg Saretsky, Mike Whitaker and Amitabh Kant, and CEO Pieter Elbers.
- A decades-old Jaspal Bhatti skit titled “SOS Airline” has gone viral as users draw parallels to overbooking, missing pilots and managerial lapses portrayed in the satire.