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IndiGo flight status live updates: Fair trade watchdog CCI is examining whether the country’s largest airline, IndiGo, violated competition norms, a senior official told PTI on Friday amid the carrier facing regulatory scrutiny over flight disruptions.

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is internally examining whether IndiGo violated competition norms, the senior official told the news agency.

IndiGoflight status live updates: Speaking to ANI on the IndiGo crisis, CPI(M) MP Amra Ram said, “Looking at the situation, the Aviation Minister should resign…This is a failure of the Civil Aviation Ministry.”

Lack of proper planning in implementing the new set of flight duty norms from November 1 is being attributed as a key factor for the operational disruptions at IndiGo, apart from other factors.

IndiGo flight status live updates: The disruptions caused by IndiGo flight operations were widely attributed to the airline’s failure in implementing the second phase of the Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) that came into effect in November. The government also blamed the airline’s “mismanagement” and handling of its crew roster.

The government also ordered IndiGo, India’s biggest domestic carrier, to cut down its daily operations by 10% in light of the flight disruptions.

IndiGo flight status live updates: Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Friday held the Directorate General of Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Civil Aviation equally responsible for the IndiGo flight operations crisis and said that an impact study should have been carried out before issuing a notification on Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL).

Speaking to ANI, Karti Chidambaram said, “While the airline is primarily responsible, the DGCA and the Ministry of Civil Aviation are also equally responsible, as they are the ones who gave the new notification on flight crew rest times. They should have conducted an impact study to see whether the airlines are capable of implementing it.” (ANI)

Indigo flight status live updates: The order stating that four flight operations inspectors have been sacked from DGCA reads, “Consequent upon approval of the Competent Authority, the following FOls under various categories, on contract basis, in DGCA are hereby relieved from DGCA with immediate effect to join their respective parent organizations.”

Indigo flight status live updates: The officers sacked from DGCA, according to the aviation regulator’s order, include — Rishi Raj Chatterjee, consultant, (deputy chief FOI), Seema Jhamnani, senior FOI, Anil Kumar Pokhariyal, consultant (FOI) and Priyam Kaushik, consultant FOI.

Indigo flight status live updates: Despite the airline claiming to have restored and stabilised operations from December 8, at least 54 flights were cancelled on Friday morning, although the number of cancellations has gone down as compared to the past week, airport officials told HT.

Over 200 flights were cancelled on Thursday.

Indigo flight status live updates: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation sacked for four Flight Operations Inspectors (FOIs) on Friday in connection with IndiGo flight cancellation crisis. Flight Operations Inspectors oversee airline safety, pilot training and operational compliance.

Indigo flight status live updates: “IndiGo regrettably acknowledges that part of our customers travelling on 3/4/5 December 2025 were stranded for many hours at certain airports and number of them were severely impacted due to congestion. We will offer travel vouchers worth INR 10,000 to such severely impacted customers. These travel vouchers can be used for any future IndiGo journey for the next 12 months,” the airlines said in a statement on Thursday.

Indigo flight status live updates: Aviation watchdog DGCA on Friday suspended four flight operation inspectors (FIOs) over mass cancellations of IndiGo flights that left thousands of passengers stranded at airports. These officials are responsible for airline safety, pilot training and operational compliance.

Their suspension comes ahead of IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers’ expected appearance before the aviation regulator today. Read more.

Indigo flight status live updates: After a tumultuous week of widespread flight disruptions caused by an IndiGo operational crisis, normalcy has finally begun to settle at Chandigarh International Airport. Airport officials, addressing a press conference on Thursday, confirmed that flight operations have significantly stabilized, with only four of the 29 scheduled IndiGo flights canceled through the day (specifically to Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Delhi). Authorities officially declared the situation “now normal.” Read more.

Indigo flight status live updates: Aviation regulator DGCA suspended four flight operations inspectors on Friday in connection with IndiGo flight disruptions

Flight operations inspectors (FOIs) oversee airline safety, pilot training and operational compliance.

Indigo flight status live updates: As IndiGo continues to grapple with massive delays and cancellations, a LinkedIn post highlighting the remarkable composure of one of its ground staff members is going viral online.

Taking to LinkedIn, Prateek Malpani wrote that his 7 pm Delhi flight was delayed for nearly 10 hours, finally taking off at 5 am the next morning. Amid the chaos, long queues and rising tempers, he noticed a young IndiGo staff member quietly absorbing anger from distressed passengers. After two hours at the counter, he told her not to take the hostility personally. Her reply, he said, left him stunned.

“Sir, maine toh apne aap ko train kar liya hai – bade daant rahe ho toh samjhenge maa-baap daant rahe hain, chhote daantenge toh samjhenge bhai-behen se ladai ho rahi hai. Aur kya kar sakte hain (Sir, I’ve trained myself. If elders scold me, I take it as parents scolding me. If younger people shout, I take it as a fight with siblings. What else can we do)?” Read more.

Indigo flight status live updates: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday took cognizance of the ongoing IndiGo flight disruptions, seeking answers from the Centre as to how a crisis of this level emerged in the first place. Over the past nine days, over 4600 flights have been cancelled by IndiGo airlines, leaving passengers stranded.

Hearing the matter in the high court, the Delhi HC held up Centre and asked who would be responsible for such a crisis.

“The situation created in the past week has raised an alarm. The disruption has caused the passengers facing continued inconvenience. Such disruption has even resulted in an unreasonable surge in the fares being charged by the other airlines,” said the court.

Indigo flight status live updates: The government is examining how IndiGo’s international operations remained relatively unaffected even as its domestic network collapsed in the first week of December as the airline failed to keep up with new crew rostering rules aimed at reducing pilot fatigue and improving safety, officials aware of the matter said.

Between December 1 and 9, IndiGo cancelled 4,290 domestic flights, while it scrapped only 64 international flights, showed data submitted by the airline to the government, which HT has reviewed. Read more.

Indigo flight status live updates: The four-member DGCA-constituted comprises Joint Director General Sanjay Brahamane, Deputy Director General Amit Gupta, senior Flight Operations Inspector Kapil Manglik, and FOI Lokesh Rampal.

With IndiGo commanding over 65 per cent of India’s domestic market, the chaos triggered a nationwide ripple effect, hitting it the worst, overwhelming airports and leaving rival carriers unable to absorb the surge of displaced passengers.

On December 2 – the day mass cancellations began – figures for showed that IndiGo saw the sharpest slippage in on time to 35 per cent, while the Air India, Akasa and Air India Express recorded 67 per cent, 73 per cent and 79 per cent, respectively, HT earlier reported.

Terminals saw irate crowds and piles of unclaimed baggage. Regulators stepped in with fare caps and advisories, while IndiGo rolled out fee waivers, refunds and a phased restoration plan. In a near-duopoly market where IndiGo and Air India control over 91 per cent share, recovery is expected to take time.

Despite widespread disruptions, other airlines were not hit as severely as IndiGo largely because the carrier operates the country’s biggest network with the highest number of flights, making it more vulnerable to cascading delays. Read more.

Indigo flight status live updates: IndiGo, in a regulatory filing, said that its CEO Pieter Elbers has been asked to appear on December 12, before the Committee of Officers at DGCA, which is examining the matter related to flight disruptions.

Enhancing oversight, DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) officials on Thursday began monitoring IndiGo’s operations, refunds, and other processes from the airline’s headquarters, sources cited in reports said.

They said the officials are expected to submit daily reports on the situation at the airline, which has been grappling with significant operational disruptions and the subsequent cancellation of thousands of flights due to planning failures related to the implementation of new pilot and crew duty norms.

(with inputs from PTI)

Indigo flight status live updates: The Union government appeared to harden its stance against embattled airline IndiGo on Thursday as civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu blamed the airline’s “gross mismanagement” and issues with the crew rostering system for the scheduling meltdown that affected millions of flyers this month. Read more.