IndiGo vacates over 700 slots at Delhi, Mumbai and other airports after DGCA’s 10% cut order in winter schedule

Aviation giant IndiGo has vacated over 700 slots at domestic airports including Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai. The move follows a 10% reduction in IndiGo’s winter flight schedule, ordered by regulatory watchdog DGCA, after severe operational disruptions in early December that affected thousands of passengers. Slots is a specific time period allocated to an airline for takeoff and landing.

Of the 717 slots vacated, 364 are at six major metro airports: Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Hyderabad. Hyderabad and Bengaluru account for the largest share of the vacated slots, according to sources cited by PTI.