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TopicIndiGo airlines

Topic: IndiGo airlines

IndiGo flight halted at Dhaka airport after pilot spots fox near taxiway

Viral footage from Dhaka airport shows an IndiGo pilot reporting “jackals” near the taxiway as ground staff search the area for the animals.

IndiGo gets new CEO 4 months after major operational crisis, to take over 3 August

William Walsh, with 40+ years in the aviation industry, will be responsible for overall management & strategic direction of IndiGo, with a focus on initiatives to strengthen operational performance.

IndiGo flight makes emergency landing in Delhi after one engine failed shortly before touchdown

Engine on Visakhapatnam to New Delhi flight with 160 on board failed, prompting a full emergency at Delhi airport; Boeing landed with other engine, passengers & crew safe.

IndiGo Delhi-Manchester flight forced to turn back midway after ‘confusion’ over Eritrean airspace

New Delhi: An IndiGo flight from Delhi to Manchester became a 14-hour ordeal for passengers after it returned to its origin airport, having flown...

IndiGo meltdown: As competition watchdog orders probe, what DGCA data says about airline’s monopoly

IndiGo’s cancellations of at least 4,500 flights and subsequent price surges following a scheduling crisis left thousands of passengers stranded two months ago.

CCI orders probe into IndiGo flight disruptions—’scale, timing raise concerns of market access denial’

The antitrust body’s scrutiny is the latest blow for the airline after India’s aviation regulator imposed a penalty last month, cautioned IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers.

Pilots’ mandatory rest hours implemented for all except IndiGo, DGCA clarifies in Delhi High Court

Hearing PIL on aviation safety, court asked DGCA to justify withdrawal of new flight duty rules that barred airlines from substituting leave with weekly rest. Notices sent to IndiGo, DGCA, Centre. 

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

Corporations are privileged citizens now. IndiGo crisis shows boards must answer to society

Corporations resent regulations that curb their freedom to operate. If they want to be trusted, they should respond to society’s needs, rather than lobbying against regulations.

On Camera

Yrs of delay, GST rate change & other factors double Gurugram Metro project cost to over Rs 10,000 crore

Project’s original cost in 2019 was Rs 5,452 crore; Prime Minister Modi laid foundation stone in February 2024, and bhumi poojan happened in September 2025. Construction is yet to get up to speed

Drones no longer enablers, they’re replacing manned aircraft roles—CISC Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit

Speaking at IAF think-tank seminar, Air Marshal Dixit was backed by Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh, who said unmanned aerial systems are no longer just the eyes in the sky but ‘claws in the sky’.

Pakistan is tactically brilliant, strategically disastrous. It’s primed for repeated blunders

Pakistan has ended up losing every war against India but that hasn’t prevented it from claiming victory. We will go over the evidence to anticipate what to expect next.