Flights resume, but full recovery may take time

The disruption, triggered by a sharp shortage of cockpit crew under the newly implemented Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) norms, forced IndiGo to ground hundreds of aircraft and cancel flights nationwide. On Friday, the on-time performance dropped dramatically, and all domestic departures from Delhi were cancelled for the day.

The regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has since temporarily granted exemptions to selected rest-duty provisions for IndiGo pilots, a move aimed at enabling the airline to restore normal scheduling.

IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers on Friday issued a public apology acknowledging that the airline faced most severe impact of flight disruptions on December 5, with well over a thousand, or more than hal

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