US Edition‘Ordinary Indians Are Paying the Price’: Rahul Targets Centre over IndiGo Crisis; Calls It ‘Cost of Monopoly Model’
IndiGo, accounting for 60% of Indian domestic flights, canceled over 175 flights due to new crew duty hour limits, with disruptions expected until early December.
- Amid new government regulations, IndiGo canceled at least 175 flights as of early Thursday, disrupting schedules for passengers.
- Implementation of the FDTL second phase caused IndiGo to seek temporary relaxations from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, attributing disruptions to planning gaps and expecting full stabilisation by February 10, 2026.
- Network data indicate over 220 cancellations at Indira Gandhi International airport, more than 100 at Kempegowda International and 90 at Hyderabad, as IndiGo operates over 2,000 daily flights.
- The Directorate General of Civil Aviation scheduled meetings with IndiGo and is monitoring the situation, while Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu held a high-level review and directed close oversight as IndiGo warned disruptions might last 48 hours and cancellations continue until December 8.
- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi called the IndiGo disruption a 'fiasco' and blamed the government's 'monopoly model', urging fair competition while Air India and SpiceJet avoided cancellations.
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Rahul Gandhi slams Centre for IndiGo fiasco, calls it cost of govt's monopoly model
'Once again, it's ordinary Indians who pay the price - in delays, cancellations and helplessness,' the Leader of Opposition said in a post on X..IndiGo flight cancellations, Rahul Gandhi IndiGo, Indian aviation crisis, Flight disruptions India, Government monopoly model, IndiGo flight delay compensation, DGCA IndiGo investigation, K Rammohan Naidu aviation, Flight Duty Time Limitations, Aviation sector competition India, Airline flight cancellat…
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Times of India‘Ordinary Indians are paying the price’: Rahul targets Centre over IndiGo crisis; calls it ‘cost of monopoly model’
Rahul Gandhi criticizes the government's 'monopoly model' for the IndiGo disruption, stating ordinary citizens bear the cost through delays and cancellations. The airline's operational challenges have led to widespread flight disruptions, prompting political concern and a Rajya Sabha notice ...
Indigo Fiasco is Cost of Govt's Monopoly Model: Rahul Gandhi
In the wake of IndiGo cancelling over 550 flights on Thursday alone and 400 flights on Friday, disrupting the travel plans of hundreds of passengers, Gandhi said it is ordinary Indians who pay the price in delays, cancellations and helplessness
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