Air India flies high as new rules take a toll on IndiGo

Air India’s steady performance in the first week of December stood in sharp contrast to IndiGo’s mass cancellations, underscoring two very different approaches of transition planning to tougher flight duty time limitation (FDTL) norms. As IndiGo cancelled around 1,900 flights between December 1 and 5, the Tata-owned airline group passed the test with minimal disruption, showing how early compliance, moderated ambition and a realistic reading of the new rules allowed it to succeed where IndiGo failed.