Aviation Regulator To Deploy Oversight Teams At IndiGo Office Amid Crisis | Read

A day after the Centre doubled the number of flights IndiGo will have to curtail to over 200 a day, aviation regulator DGCA has set up two teams to be deployed at the carrier's office in Gurugram to oversee various operations, including crew utilisation and refunds. 

The Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL), designed to ensure pilots and crew get enough rest, have been cited by IndiGo as one of the reasons for the massive disruptions it has been seeing since December 2, leading to over 5,000 flights being cancelled. 

Officials from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said on Wednesday that the 'oversight teams' will submit a daily report to the regulator by 6 pm. The first team will look into aspects like the total fleet, pilot strength, crew utilisation (in hours), crew under training, split duties, unplanned leaves, standby crew, flights per day, and the total number of sectors affected on account of crew shortage