NEW DELHI: IndiGo may have its schedule cut by 5% and the same - roughly about 110 daily flights - could be given to other airlines that have the resources to add capacity. A livid government is mulling incremental cuts to the schedule starting with 5%, followed by another 5% in coming days if need be, say sources, adding that other actions are also being considered in the wake of the severe disruptions caused by flight cancellations. Meanwhile, a "profusely apologetic" IndiGo has in its reply to the DGCA's show-cause notice blamed a combination of five factors, including new flight duty time limitation (FDTL) rules and winter schedule-related changes, for its massive flight disruptions. The airline said given the scale of its operations, it is "realistically not possible to pinpoint t

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