IndiGo, India's largest domestic carrier, canceled more than 200 flights from Delhi and Mumbai following a temporary relaxation of new flight duty and rest period norms for cockpit crew. This decision comes on the heels of a chaotic Friday where the airline scrapped over 1,000 flights, leading to an apology from CEO Pieter Elbers.

Despite the regulatory reprieve granted by the DGCA, which eased night duty definitions and relaxed landing norms, the pilot association ALPA India condemned the reliefs, arguing that they compromised safety and eroded regulatory parity. The association pushed for the enforcement of stringent fatigue-mitigation standards, criticizing the temporary abeyance of the revised FDTL CAR implementation.

The aviation crisis underscores significant regulatory tensions, a

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