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Too Big to Ground: How IndiGo Forced a Safety Compromise

Too Big to Ground: How IndiGo Forced a Safety Compromise

Update: 2025-12-10
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India’s aviation sector is facing one of its most alarming crises yet — and this time, the turbulence comes not from the skies, but from a single airline’s power over the system.


In this hard-hitting analysis, Sucheta Dalal exposes how IndiGo, which controls nearly two-thirds of India’s domestic market, triggered unprecedented nationwide chaos by refusing to comply with long-pending pilot fatigue safety rules. As thousands of flights were cancelled, the DGCA and the Union government quietly bent safety regulations — for IndiGo alone.


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Too Big to Ground: How IndiGo Forced a Safety Compromise

Too Big to Ground: How IndiGo Forced a Safety Compromise