In a big action against IndiGo airlines, the Indian government has ordered to reduce 10% of its planned flights after over 2000 flights were cancelled, leaving lakhs of passengers stranded and frustrated last week. The mass cancellation of flight, and large-scale disruption of the operations occurred after IndiGo faced challenges in transitioning into the second phase of the new flight duty time limitation (FDTL) norms for pilots, introduced by the government for safety regulations.

Earlier the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), slashed 5% of IndiGo flight operations, later the government doubled it up to 10%, and was announced by civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu on X. This comes after a meeting with IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers, who cancelled a high-profile appeara

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