The submission was made during the hearing of a plea seeking an independent judicial probe into the incident before a Division Bench headed by Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya of the Delhi High Court.
According to the committee's findings, the primary causes of the disruption were excessive operational optimisation, inadequate regulatory preparedness, deficiencies in system software support, and shortcomings in management structure and operational control.
India's domestic air passenger traffic is expected to grow at a slower pace of 0-3 per cent in FY2026, sharply lower than the earlier projection of 4-6 per cent, due to multiple disruptions during the year, according to a report by ICRA.
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has decided to launch an inquiry into the issue of flight disruptions at IndiGo, taking cognizance of Information filed against the airline.
Observing that the issue is already 'seized of' by the Delhi High Court, a bench led by CJI Surya Kant requested the High Court to allow the PIL petitioner to join the proceedings related to the Indigo crisis, pending before it.
The Supreme Court has asked an advocate who filed a public interest litigation (PIL) plea regarding a recent crisis involving a surge in flight delays and cancellations by the airline company Indigo to approach the Delhi High Court.
Congress leader Karti Chidambaram on Friday held the Directorate General of Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Civil Aviation equally responsible for the IndiGo flight operations crisis and said that an impact study should have been carried out before issuing a notification on Flight Duty
The IndiGo flight fiasco continues as 10 departing flights got cancelled at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad, as per the reports till 8 am on Wednesday. The passengers are left stranded amid flight disruptions and cancellations. Their facilitation is being tak
"Therefore, it is directed to reduce the schedule by 5% across sectors, especially on high-demand, high-frequency flights, and to avoid single-flight operations on a sector by Indigo," the DGCA order read.
Amid widespread disruptions at several airports due to the ongoing operational crisis at Indigo, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has directed senior officers to conduct on-ground inspections at major airports across the country.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu will address the Lok Sabha at 12 pm today on the ongoing IndiGo crisis, a day after he spoke on the same issue in the Rajya Sabha.