IndiGo flights face massive delays after rostering shake-up: How new pilot rest rules triggered a full-blown crisis

IndiGo Flight Disruptions: Flight operations at IndiGo, India’s largest budget carrier, were thrown into disarray on Wednesday, with more than 200 cancellations and multiple delays triggering chaotic scenes at airports across the country.

What began as an attempt to comply with stringent new pilot-rest rules quickly escalated into one of the airline’s worst disruptions in recent years, leaving thousands stranded and prompting a probe by the country’s aviation regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).