Indigo cancellations: Airline to conduct 'root cause analysyis'; official says disruptions stemmed from multiple factors

NEW DELHI: IndiGo will carry out a “root cause analysis” to determine what triggered the large-scale flight disruptions over the past week, a senior airline official said Sunday. India’s largest carrier has been cancelling hundreds of flights amid operational breakdowns linked to new pilot duty norms and planning gaps. The airline, which normally operates around 2,300 flights daily, expects to fly 1,650 services on Sunday — an improvement from 1,500 flights a day earlier. The official said operations are gradually stabilising and “full stability in operations is expected by December 10”. The official, as quoted by PTI, maintained that IndiGo has enough pilots and rejected concerns of shortages. “Our pilot numbers are fine while we may not have the luxury of having a buffer,” h