IndiGo has informed the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) that it was forced to cancel 1,232 flights over the past few days, with a staggering 755 cancellations directly linked to crew shortages triggered by the stricter flight duty time limitations (FDTL) norms. In its submission to the regulator on Wednesday, the airline disclosed that 258 flights were also impacted due to airspace restrictions, while 92 services were disrupted by an air traffic control (ATC) system failure, pushing overall on-time performance (OTP) for November sharply down to 67.7%, compared with 84.1% in October. DGCA says it has begun a full investigation into the cascading disruptions that have left thousands of passengers stranded across major airports, including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hydera

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