NEW DELHI, DEC 12 (UNI) The GST Commissionerate on Friday imposed Rs 58.74 crore demand and penalty on beleaguered IndiGo airlines, and summoned Pieter Elbers, the chief executive of the airlines, to appear before a high-level committee investigating the week-long wave of mass flight disruptions that threw the country’s air travel system into chaos.

The move by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) marks the most pointed intervention in the crisis that saw the India’s largest airline cancel more than 3,000 flights and delay thousands more.

Tens of thousands of passengers were stranded as IndiGo’s tightly choreographed operations unraveled, airports filled with mountains of unclaimed luggage, and ticket prices on rival carriers soared.

The turmoil, regulators and aviation exp

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