More than 60 flights were cancelled from Bengaluru Airport on Thursday (December 11).
Meanwhile, crisis-hit airline CEO Piter Elbers has been summoned by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to submit a comprehensive report, including data and updates, on the recent operational disruptions by 3 pm today.
On December 10, IndiGo cancelled 220 flights from across three key airports — Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai.
On Wednesday, IndiGo Chairman Vikram Mehta spoke for the first time in 10 days about the crisis, apologising for the chaos and attributing the massive disruptions to a combination of internal and external “unanticipated” events.
These “include minor technical glitches, scheduled changes linked to the start of the Winter season, adverse weather conditions, increased congestion in the aviation system, and implementation of/ and operation under the updated crew rostering rules,” Mehta said.
Also, the DGCA has stationed its personnel at IndiGo’s headquarters, as it steps up oversight on India’s largest airline. The DGCA has formed an oversight team of eight senior captains, and two of them, along with two government officials, will be stationed at IndiGo’s Gurgaon headquarters to monitor cancellation status, crew deployment, unplanned leave, and routes hit by staff shortages.
These teams will submit a daily report to the regulator, as per an order.
