This crisis has exposed how deeply India’s aviation ecosystem depends on IndiGo, which carries nearly 60% of domestic traffic.

India witnessed one of its worst aviation breakdowns ever this week as IndiGo cancelled more than 1,300 flights in just four days, plunging air travel into unprecedented chaos. The crisis peaked on Thursday, when the airline scrapped over 550 flights in a single day—the highest in its history—paralyzing airports across Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

At Delhi Airport, confusion escalated when authorities announced that all IndiGo domestic departures were cancelled till midnight, even as DGCA sources insisted the halt was only until 3 pm. Passengers—already stranded for hours—were left angry, helpless, and with almost no information.

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