India’s aviation crisis widened on Saturday after the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued a show-cause notice to IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers, demanding an explanation for the airline’s spiralling delays, cancellations and operational breakdowns.

The regulator has given him 24 hours to respond, warning that failure to do so will invite punitive action.

The DGCA said the disruption, running into hundreds of cancellations daily, caused “severe inconvenience, hardship and distress” to passengers.

According to the notice, the “primary cause” of the breakdown was IndiGo’s non-provisioning of essential arrangements required for smooth implementation of the approved FDTL scheme.

The regulator also said the large-scale operational

collapse reflected “significant lapses in planning

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