5% cut: Government finally aligns IndiGo flights with airline's operating ability

New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has cut IndiGo ’s approved winter schedules by 5% as the airline has “not demonstrated an ability to operate” the same — 15,014 weekly departures — “efficiently”. The airline has been directed to reduce operations “across sectors, especially on high-demand, high-frequency flights, and to avoid single-flight operations on a sector by IndiGo. ” The airline has to submit a revised schedule by 5 pm on Wednesday. A 5% cut on 15,014 weekly, or about 2,145 daily, domestic flights translates to about 108 less daily or 751 less weekly flights. Further cuts are not ruled out as the DGCA is now seeing at what level the airlines able to stabilise its operations. IndiGo’s summer schedule was for operating 14,158 weekly domestic