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India's aviation sector needs a regulatory reset

India, Jan. 22 -- The penal action against IndiGo for precipitating the aviation crisis last year in December, which left thousands of fliers stranded by multiple flight cancellations and extended del... Read More


IndiGo crisis: Turbulence to absurdity

India, Jan. 22 -- The DGCA report ought to be a serious red flag for the airline; it rules out systemic, procedural or process failures, or any acute shortage of personnel. It lays the blame almost sq... Read More


Reimagining India's civil aviation in 2026

India, Jan. 8 -- The year gone by will go down in history as a tragic year for Indian aviation. The question before us is: Do we as a nation brood over the past or look ahead to rectify what's broken?... Read More


The DigiYatra's journey hasn't been seamless. But the future beckons

India, Jan. 6 -- In December 2022, after considerable effort from a medley of stakeholders, DigiYatra, a new digital service was introduced at a few airports in the country. Since then, the app has ch... Read More


Focus on smaller airports before building mega ones

India, Dec. 25 -- India is the world's fifth-largest civil aviation market, handling over 700,000 aircraft movements annually. Between April 2024 and March 2025, a total of 200 million (international ... Read More


IndiGo meltdown: Humpty Dumpty's Fall

India, Dec. 16 -- As the IndiGo airlines crisis abates, the unfolding events and actions (or the lack of the same) by the government and the airline have got curiouser and curiouser . Revisiting the ... Read More


IndiGo crisis exposes a broken regulatory system

India, Dec. 9 -- Last week's aviation fiasco - continuing this week but beginning to ebb - may have been piloted by the country's leading airline IndiGo, but it was fuelled by a system designed to fai... Read More


Airport chaos: Why the malaise may run deeper

India, Dec. 4 -- Flying within India in the last month or so hasn't been a party. With the implementation of the new flight duty timing limitations for pilots kicking in, delays and cancellations have... Read More


Why The Chaos Might Run Deeper

India, Dec. 4 -- Flying within India in the last month or so hasn't been a party. With the implementation of the new flight duty timing limitations for pilots kicking in, delays and cancellations have... Read More


Hindon and the case for efficient, low-cost airports

India, Nov. 28 -- A latecomer on India's aviation map, the Indian Air Force (IAF) owned-and-operated Hindon airport in Ghaziabad saw its first commercial flight in October 2019 - after much debate and... Read More