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Topic: Indigo

Was IndiGo flight landing close to Air India plane on runway a safety lapse? What rules say

Air traffic controllers cleared flights; not a safety lapse, says their guild. Civil aviation directorate initiates a probe into incident that occurred Saturday at Mumbai airport.

Indigo sees dramatic jump from losses to Rs 8,172.5 cr profit in FY24, plans business class offerings

Profit up by 106% from Rs 919.2 cr in Q4 last fiscal. New service to be available before end of this year.

IndiGo enters wide-body space, places orders for 30 Airbus A350-900 aircraft

The fresh purchase follows the airline’s order for 500 Airbus aircraft last June – the largest ever single aircraft order by any airline.

‘Power’ to ‘service’ centre: Delhi airport cops team up with IndiGo for soft skills upgrade

Two IndiGo executives will train cops to handle ‘nearly 40 million passengers every year’. Sessions envisaged during deployment of huge police force for R-Day this year.

Indigo fined 1.2 crore, Mumbai airport operator Rs 90 Lakh for ‘passengers eating on tarmac’

Air India and SpiceJet fined Rs 30 lakh each for not rostering pilots qualified in ‘low visibility take off’.

Airlines can’t function like fly-by-night tour operators. Communicate, don’t fool passengers

If only IndiGo had relayed the information correctly and timely, the man who punched the pilot would be on his honeymoon in Goa—not in jeopardy of finding his name on a no-fly list.

Govt issues show-cause notices to IndiGo, Mumbai airport after passengers eat on tarmac in fog chaos

Failure to submit replies by Tuesday may lead to enforcement action against the companies, including financial penalty.

IndiGo co-founder Rakesh Gangwal’s family to sell shares worth $450 million, CNBC-TV18 reports

The offer floor price for the sale by Gangwal and his wife Shobha is set at Rs 2,400 per share — nearly a 6% discount on the current market price.

IndiGo fined Rs 30 lakh for tail strikes. What they are & why they cause problems

A tail strike occurs when an aircraft's tail makes contact with runway during take-off or landing. IndiGo saw 4 tail strikes in 6 months, resulting in fine last week from DGCA.

On Camera

With nuke lunacy, Asim Munir joins Pakistan’s Hall of Generals who swapped brains for bluster

Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.