After the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday ordered the airline to cut its approved winter schedule by 10%, doubling the earlier directive of a 5% reduction issued the same day. The aviation regulator said the decision was taken after IndiGo failed to demonstrate that it could operate its expanded schedule efficiently amid continued flight disruptions. Advertisement

The DGCA had cleared 15,014 weekly departures for IndiGo under the Winter Schedule 2025, a period when travel demand typically spikes. For November alone, the regulator had approved 64,346 flights. However, operational data submitted by the airline shows that only 59,438 flights were actually flown, while 951 flights were cancelled during the month.

The regulator said the

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