House panel slams IndiGo, DGCA over flight disruptions

A parliamentary panel probing recent air traffic disruptions has sought to fix responsibility for IndiGo’s mass flight cancellations that triggered days of chaos at airports nationwide, but found the explanations offered by the airline and aviation regulator DGCA to be “evasive and unconvincing”, with both sides allegedly attempting to pass the buck, sources said.

The panel was dissatisfied with responses from both IndiGo and the DGCA for lacking accountability, noting that submissions leaned heavily on technical explanations rather than passenger-centric solutions.