IndiGo chairman Vikram Singh Mehta issued a video statement on Wednesday, addressing the acute operational crisis which confronted the carrier, vigorously denying several "incorrect" allegations, including some that claimed the airline had deliberately engineered the crisis or tried to influence government regulations.

This announcement comes after a week of mass flight cancellations—thousands since last Tuesday—because IndiGo has failed to satisfactorily implement revised Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) rules, aimed at averting the effects of pilot fatigue. In response, the Centre has ordered IndiGo to reduce its operations by 10% in total, and the CEO, Pieter Elbers, has been called for an update by the Civil Aviation Ministry.

Allegations Are "Incorrect," Chairman Says

Mehta said

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