Centre and IndiGo differ on whether airline flagged issues over FDTL rule

The Union government on Monday vowed stringent action against India’s largest airline IndiGo, after mass flight cancellations over the past week stranded travellers across the country. However, while the Centre claimed IndiGo had never raised any concerns about the new pilot rest rules, the airline stated that it had indeed requested more time to comply.

Civil aviation minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu claimed IndiGo had already flown under the new flight duty time limitation (FDTL) rules in all of November, rejecting the airline’s attempt to link the December disruption to its rollout.