Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 06:01am on 13 Dec 2025,Saturday India
India’s largest budget airline IndiGo has estimated it will pay more than 5 billion rupees (about $55.19 million) in compensation to customers affected by massive flight cancellations in early December, the airline said. Around 4,500 flights were scrapped due to poor pilot roster planning and difficulties adapting to new aviation rest-and-duty rules, leaving tens of thousands of passengers stranded, prompting the civil aviation regulator to cut IndiGo’s domestic winter schedule by 10%. The airline is identifying passengers severely impacted between December 3–5 and will compensate those whose flights were cancelled within 24 hours of departure. IndiGo has also adjusted its capacity and revenue forecasts.
