The Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Saturday sent a show cause notice to IndiGo Chief Executive Officer Pieter Elbers, directing him to explain why action should not be taken against him for large-scale flight disruptions over the past week, The Hindu reported.

Air travel has been severely hit since December 2, when a shortage of pilots and crew forced IndiGo to cancel and delay hundreds of flights. The disruption also led to fares on several routes rising to unprecedented levels.

The DGCA, in the show cause notice to Elbers, said that such large-scale operational failures indicated “significant lapses in planning, oversight”, The Hindu reported. The disruption prima facie showed that the airline had not complied with rules governing pilot rest and duty hours, the regula

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