IndiGo meltdown triggers over 1,000 cancellations; government steps in

Chaos and confusion reigned at major airports as the country’s largest airline, IndiGo, cancelled more than 1,000 flights on Friday, jeopardising travel plans and forcing the government into crisis control mode.

As thousands of ruffled passengers jostled at airport counters to get the latest on flights, the civil aviation regulator, in an unprecedented move, asked its inspectors to operate IndiGo flights for a week, supplementing the carrier’s available pilot strength.