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Three months aft large-scale formation cancellations astatine IndiGo disrupted aerial question crossed the country, the top authoritative astatine India’s aviation information regulator has been moved out.
EXPLAINED | Why were IndiGo operations disrupted?
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet connected Tuesday (March 31, 2026) announced that Director General of DGCA Faiz Kidwai volition beryllium shifted to the Department of Personnel and Training. He volition beryllium succeeded by Vir Vikram Yadav, presently serving successful the Environment Ministry.
IndiGo cancelled implicit 5000 flights betwixt November and December aft failing to guarantee capable pilots to conscionable with the caller norms for aviator work and remainder mandated by Delhi High Court successful April 2025. As galore arsenic 10 lakh passengers were affected owed to the web wide disruption.
Questions were besides raised connected however DGCA allowed IndiGo much flights successful the wintertime docket without assessing their quality to guarantee capable aviator availability.
