Ahead of IndiGo havoc, which has entered its eighth day, 80 flights from Bengaluru and Hyderabad on Tuesday, and the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation deciding to form a parliamentary committee to investigate the cancellation and delays by IndiGo. The committee will be formed to detect the root cause behind the crises, and as per the Informist reports, it may also recommend possible penal action against the airlines.
It is also likely to examine regulatory oversight, airline operating practices, and the risk of such incidents repeating in the future.
Furthermore, a possibility of imposing a penalty as high as Rs. 1,000 crore on the airline can happen.
“IndiGo is not operating 58 flights to and from Hyderabad on Tuesday. Of these, 14 are arrivals and 44 departures,” the sources said.
IndiGo operates over 2,200 flights per day to 90 domestic destinations and 40-plus abroad destinations.
“We will definitely reduce the number of routes, which are in IndiGo’s (winter) schedule. The order to this effect will be issued. This will be a kind of penalty on the airline, as they will not be able to fly on those (curtailed) routes,” Naidu told DD News on Monday.
He said the routes that will be removed from IndiGo’s schedule will be reassigned to other carriers for the time being, and once the airline proves it can operate them reliably, those routes will be restored to IndiGo.
He said the routes that will be temporarily removed from IndiGo’s schedule will be allocated to other airlines, and once IndiGo demonstrates its ability to operate them reliably, the routes will be restored to the carrier.
