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The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) connected Monday (December 8, 2025) said it had received IndiGo's effect to the show-cause announcement issued over the large-scale formation cancellations by the hose successful the past fewer days, and that it would instrumentality enforcement action.
The hose is "profusely apologetic" and profoundly regrets the inconvenience and hardship caused to customers pursuing formation cancellations, the Civil Aviation Regulator said.
“It was successful the process of examining the response, and enforcement action, arsenic deemed appropriate, would beryllium taken successful owed course,” the DCGA said. The DGCA had connected Saturday (December 6, 2025) issued show-cause notices to IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers and Accountable Manager Isidro Porqueras seeking explanations wrong 24 hours connected the monolithic formation disruptions.
This was aboriginal extended to Monday (December 8, 2025), 6 p.m., aft the hose sought much clip from the regulator. "IndiGo submitted replies signed by some Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer connected December 8 astatine 1801 hours," the DGCA said successful a statement.
IndiGo, successful its response, said “the disruption had resulted from a operation of the factors, including insignificant method glitches, docket changes linked to the commencement of the wintertime season, adverse upwind conditions, accrued congestion successful the aviation system, arsenic good arsenic implementation of and cognition nether the updated unit rostering rules (Flight Duty Time Limitation Phase II), which coincided successful lesser oregon greater measure.
"It is realistically not imaginable to pinpoint the nonstop cause(s) astatine this clip owed to the complexity and immense standard of operations," the hose said successful its response. “The DGCA's manual allows a 15-day effect clip for show-cause notices,” IndiGo said, suggesting much clip was needed to behaviour a broad 'Root Cause Analysis'.
