India, Jan. 21 -- The DGCA said that during the review meeting on January 19, IndiGo has reported adequate pilot availability against projected operational requirements after February 10. Citing the airline's submissions, the DGCA said there are 2,400 Airbus Pilots in Command (PICs) as against the requirement for 2,280, and the number of Airbus First Officers is 2,240 compared to the requirement for 2,050.

When the crisis crippled IndiGo's operations for a few days last month, the airline had informed the DGCA that it was short by 65 captains for its workhorse Airbus A320 fleet to maintain its schedule as per the new FDTL rules, even though it had first officers in sufficient numbers. In the wake of the massive disruptions, DGCA had curt...