Why are IndiGo Flights Getting Delayed and Cancelled?

The airline operates over 2,200 flights within the country and to international destinations every day — about twice that of its nearest competitor.

xAn unprecedented wave of flight disruptions has hit India's leading airline, IndiGo, nationwide. Hundreds of flights have been delayed or cancelled, leaving at least a few thousand passengers stranded at airports from New Delhi to Bengaluru to Hyderabad. What's behind the chaos — and can travellers expect respite soon? What Went Wrong? The new regulations affecting the resting hours of crew, prescribed by the national regulator DGCA, are at the core of the turbulence. Flight Duty Time Limitations, or FDTL, is the updated set of rules requiring flight crews to take longer rest periods. Night landings have been capped, and the number of nig