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"They are helpless too...": Sonu Sood calls it 'unfair' to hold ground sta
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Actor Sonu Sood has urged passengers to remain "calm" and stop "targeting" airline ground staff after a series of IndiGo flight delays and cancellations triggered chaos across several airports in India.
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"Failure on both parts of the DGCA and the airline...": Karti Chidambaram
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Amid nationwide disruptions caused by delays and cancellations of IndiGo flights, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Friday criticised both the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the airline for failing to enforce and comply with the mandatory rest period directive for flight
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P Chidambaram calls IndiGo crisis a duopoly problem, backs competitive eco
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Former Union Minister and Congress veteran P Chidambaram described the widespread flight cancellations, especially of IndiGo, as a consequence of what he termed a duopolistic market.
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Congress MP Ravi writes to Aviation Minister Naidu, flags severe disruptio
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Amid widespread disruptions in IndiGo airline services, Telangana Congress MP Mallu Ravi on Friday wrote to Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu, flagging what he described as severe and unprecedented turmoil in India's aviation sector following the carrier's massive operational
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"Indigo flight operations steadily resuming": Delhi Airport issues advisor
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi issued a passenger advisory, assuring that Indigo flight operations are now "steadily resuming" after the airline fiasco that saw over 1,000 flights cancelled on Friday.
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"Government should intervene...": SP MP Dimple Yadav on air fares hike ami
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
"It is being seen that there is a huge increase in air fares. Airlines are operating in an arbitrary manner... The government should intervene in this... And if the government does not intervene, then this kind of attitude will continue...," said the SP MP.
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Expect normalcy to restore from Dec 10, says IndiGo as Civil Aviation Mini
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Even as the Civil Aviation Ministry's priority remains to restore normalcy, IndiGo CEO Peter Elbers categorically stated that things are expected to return to normal between December 10 and 15.
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"No one from IndiGo is providing any answers...': Passenger stuck at Jodhp
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
A large number of passengers faced inconvenience across the country, as IndiGo flights faced delays and cancellations. Amid the ongoing issue, a passenger who was scheduled to reach Bengaluru from the Jodhpur Airport shared that the airline has been unresponsive since morning.
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"There is no clarity...": Bhubaneswar passenger shares ordeal on IndiGo cr
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Amid the ongoing nationwide IndiGo flight delays and cancellations, a passenger at the Biju Patnaik International Airport, Odisha, shared her ordeal, stating that even after spending three hours at the airport, she was not given any clarifications on her flight status. She alleged that th
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Civil Aviation Minister holds IndiGo's "mismanagement with its crew" respo
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
"From November 1, the DGCA came up with new FDTL (flight duty time limitation) regulations. The Ministry also initiated a continuous engagement process with the airlines for at least 6 months. Previously, there was no issue regarding the new FDTL norm. Other airlines, including Air India
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DGCA's FDTL rules "in abeyance" to aid stranded passengers: Civil Aviation
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday placed its Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) orders in abeyance to help stabilise the situation and minimise passenger inconvenience, in response to the ongoing disruption in flight schedules, particularly those of IndiGo Airlin
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SpiceJet running 100 additional flights amid IndiGo delays, says Chairman
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
SpiceJet chairman & managing director Ajay Singh underlined that SpiceJet has been extending help by running 100 additional flights over the next few days amid the ongoing issue of IndiGo flight delays and cancellations nationwide.
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