IndiGo

Indigo puts focus on building resilience after operations glitch

Asia’s largest low-cost carrier is now back to operating more than 2,200 flights a day

India’s largest airline scrapped about 4,500 flights in the first weeks of December, stranding tens of thousands of passengers nationwide.

India fines IndiGo record US$2.45 million over mass flight cancellations

The airline has acknowledged that poor pilot roster planning was the main cause of the disruption

Fares surged during the cancellations, prompting the Indian  government to impose temporary caps.

IndiGo faces India antitrust scrutiny after mass flight cancellations

Disruptions highlight risks of the 90% IndiGo-Air India duopoly in India’s air market

IndiGo staff tagging stranded bags and belongings of passengers following large-scale flight disruptions at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on Dec 8.

IndiGo chaos unmasks fragility of India’s aviation market

The crisis that has engulfed the airline, and led to more than 580,000 passengers being stranded

IndiGo is facing intense scrutiny – and widespread criticism – for the mass flight cancellations.

India’s aviation watchdog deploys monitors to IndiGo offices

These teams are required to give daily reports to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation

The fast-expanding aviation industry has been hailed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a symbol of India’s growing economy and middle class.

IndiGo crisis shows perils of India’s corporate dominance

The domination of the country’s two airlines is a far cry from a decade ago, when more than nine players shared the market

The crisis is one of the biggest challenges faced by IndiGo, a no-frills airline which has built its reputation on punctuality.

India’s biggest airline IndiGo says operations ‘back to normal’

The aviation regulator still orders the airline to cut its planned flights by 5%

IndiGo, which runs a “lean, high-utilisation model” has been hit the hardest by new pilot rules that bar airlines from substituting weekly rest with leave, a note by analysts from Jefferies says.

IndiGo loses US$4.5 billion value as India signals strict action

The carrier is facing increasing heat for last week’s mass cancellations that left thousands of passengers stranded

IndiGo has said it hopes to return to normalcy in the coming days, but its troubles have drawn warnings from both politicians and aviation experts.

Too big to fail? IndiGo crisis exposes risks in Indian aviation

With US$9 billion in revenues and US$807 million in profits last fiscal year, the airline dominates India’s aviation sector