{"id":1540,"date":"2025-12-09T04:51:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T04:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/?p=1540"},"modified":"2025-12-09T04:53:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T04:53:45","slug":"dgca-orders-indigo-to-cut-5-flights-as-airline-crisis-deepens-across-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/2025\/12\/09\/dgca-orders-indigo-to-cut-5-flights-as-airline-crisis-deepens-across-india\/","title":{"rendered":"DGCA Orders IndiGo to Cut 5% Flights as Airline Crisis Deepens Across India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"9fece8afa224fd09e54b043d0febfb58\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- NR ATF -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8898941184964366\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"4839033563\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>IndiGo Ordered to Cut 5% of Flights as DGCA Moves to Contain Aviation Crisis<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"189\" data-end=\"551\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/2025\/12\/05\/indigo-cancels-over-550-flights-in-a-day-crisis-deepens\/\">India\u2019s largest airline, IndiGo,<\/a> is under intensified regulatory scrutiny after the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) directed it to slash 5% of its scheduled operations. The move follows an unprecedented wave of flight cancellations since December 2, triggering one of the most disruptive meltdowns the country has witnessed in recent years.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>DGCA Steps in Amid Widespread Travel Disruptions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"608\" data-end=\"928\">According to senior government officials, <a href=\"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/2025\/12\/05\/indigo-cancels-over-550-flights-in-a-day-crisis-deepens\/\">IndiGo<\/a> must submit a revised \u2014 and significantly reduced \u2014 flight schedule by Dec 9. Around 110 daily flights are expected to be redistributed to other carriers, with officials warning that further cuts will continue to happen if service irregularities persist.\u00a0The <a href=\"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/2025\/12\/05\/indigo-cancels-over-550-flights-in-a-day-crisis-deepens\/\">DGCA<\/a> is assessing the airline\u2019s staff strength, rostering patterns, and operational readiness under the newer flight duty time limitations (FDTL Phase II).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"608\" data-end=\"928\">Depending on its findings, the regulator may escalate penalties, including action against senior IndiGo executives. To limit passenger inconvenience, the civil aviation ministry has asked competing airlines \u2014<strong> Air India, SpiceJet and Akasa Air \u2014 to boost capacity.<\/strong> Air India is deploying wide-body aircraft on select domestic routes while all carriers have been instructed to maintain capped fares.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1536\" data-end=\"1835\">Under the temporary price ceiling, airlines may charge <strong>no more than \u20b97,500 for routes up to 500 km.<\/strong> Fares on key trunk sectors between <strong>1,000 and 1,500 km, such as Delhi\u2013Mumbai, are capped at \u20b915,000<\/strong>. These limits aim to prevent the fare inflation seen immediately after IndiGo\u2019s cancellations began.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1842\" data-end=\"1895\"><strong>IndiGo\u2019s Explanation for the Operational Breakdown<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1946\" data-end=\"2270\">In its response to the <a href=\"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/2025\/12\/05\/indigo-cancels-over-550-flights-in-a-day-crisis-deepens\/\">DGCA\u2019s show-cause notice<\/a>, IndiGo attributed the large-scale disruption to a &#8216;<em>compounding effect<\/em>&#8216; of several unforeseen factors. The airline pointed to <strong><em>minor technical snags, winter-schedule transitions, worsening weather conditions, airport congestion and challenges tied to the FDTL Phase II rollout.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2272\" data-end=\"2458\">IndiGo told the regulator that isolating a single root cause within the short time window was \u201crealistically not possible\u201d and asked for additional time to conduct a detailed assessment.\u00a0A four-member DGCA committee, led by Joint Director General Sanjay Brahamane, has been formed to review IndiGo\u2019s manpower deployment and crew planning. The panel may call senior executives for questioning before deciding whether deeper operational cuts are necessary.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"2767\" data-end=\"2809\"><strong>Market Reaction and Potential Penalties<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 data-start=\"2811\" data-end=\"2851\">IndiGo Stock Suffers Sharp Decline<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2852\" data-end=\"3261\">Shares of InterGlobe Aviation Ltd., IndiGo\u2019s parent company,<strong> plunged 8.7% on Monday<\/strong> \u2014 the steepest decline since February 2022. The seven-day sell-off has <strong><em>wiped out nearly $4.5 billion in market value<\/em><\/strong>, fueled by investor concerns over regulatory action and potential long-term financial strain. Ratings agency Moody\u2019s has also warned that the crisis could exert significant pressure on IndiGo\u2019s balance sheet.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"3263\" data-end=\"3313\">Tougher Rules Bring the Risk of Legal Action<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"3314\" data-end=\"3640\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/2025\/12\/05\/indigo-cancels-over-550-flights-in-a-day-crisis-deepens\/\">Civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu<\/a> told Parliament that severe penalties would follow if the airline were found responsible for systemic lapses. Under updated aircraft rules, IndiGo\u2019s chief operating officer and accountable manager, Isidre Porqueras, could face up to three years\u2019 imprisonment, a fine of \u20b91 crore, or both.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"3647\" data-end=\"3695\"><strong>Dominance Raises Broader Industry Questions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"3696\" data-end=\"4069\">IndiGo commands over 65% of India\u2019s domestic aviation market \u2014 a level of dominance uncommon in major economies. The ongoing crisis has renewed debate on the risks of concentrated market share and the <em>need to diversify India\u2019s airline ecosystem<\/em>. Officials say the ministry is actively encouraging more players to enter the sector to avoid over-reliance on a single carrier.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IndiGo Ordered to Cut 5% of Flights as DGCA Moves to Contain Aviation Crisis India\u2019s largest airline, IndiGo, is under intensified regulatory scrutiny after the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[299],"tags":[1246,1243,1237,1249,1244,1239,1247,1248,1241,1236,1238,1250,1245,1240,1242],"class_list":["post-1540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-air-india-extra-flights","tag-aviation-minister-india","tag-dgca-flight-cuts","tag-dgca-investigation-indigo","tag-fdtl-phase-ii-rules","tag-india-aviation-crisis","tag-india-domestic-air-travel","tag-indigo-disruptions","tag-indigo-fare-caps","tag-indigo-flight-cancellations","tag-indigo-news","tag-indigo-operational-collapse","tag-indigo-penalties","tag-indigo-schedule-reduction","tag-interglobe-aviation-stock-fall","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1540"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1544,"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540\/revisions\/1544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}