NEW DELHI: Only one in five IndiGo flights operated on time on Wednesday. Aviation ministry data showed the scale of delays and cancellations India’s largest airline — which flies two of every there domestic passengers — faced on Wednesday. IndiGo’s on time performance (OTP) crashed to a mere 19.7% on Wednesday — down from 35% on Tuesday. The number of domestic flights India saw on Wednesday was 3,006 — down from 3,189 a day earlier — essentially due to cancellations by IndiGo. This unprecedented crisis has led to questions about the airline’s preparedness for the new flight duty time limitation (FDTL) norms that came into effect on Nov 1 and has increased pilot requirement. Basically, after a protracted legal battle pilots of Indian carriers now have a slightly more humane flight du

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