India’s biggest budget airline, IndiGo, is currently going through one of the worst operational crises in its history. Since early December 2025, the airline has cancelled and delayed a massive number of domestic flights across major airports — leaving thousands of travellers stranded, causing chaos at airports, and triggering widespread disruption. The problem stems from new flight-duty regulations imposed by the aviation regulator DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation), combined with crew shortages and apparently inadequate planning by IndiGo. What Exactly Is Happening? On December 5, 2025 alone, more than 1,000 flights (nationwide) scheduled by IndiGo were cancelled. On December 6, the airline cancelled over 400 flights across major Indian airports. The on-time performance (OTP) dropped drastically: from around 84.1% in October to about 67.7% in November . Airports like Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and others witnessed large crowds, stranded passen...
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