DGCA, ministry clip IndiGo’s wings; Air India may get 60–70 new slots daily
In a rare and escalating intervention, India’s civil aviation regulator and the aviation ministry have moved to rein in IndiGo after a week-long operational meltdown that severely disrupted travel for thousands of passengers.
On Tuesday, the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) and Union civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu separately announced a 10% reduction in IndiGo’s overall schedule, a move that could open up valuable flying rights for rival carriers at the expense of India’s largest airline.
