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IndiGo’s December 2025 Meltdown: How India’s Largest Airline Triggered the Country’s Worst Aviation Crisis

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IndiGo’s December 2025 Meltdown: How India’s Largest Airline Triggered the Country’s Worst Aviation Crisis

INDIGO’S DECEMBER 2025 MELTDOWN: HOW INDIA’S LARGEST AIRLINE TRIGGERED A NATIONAL AVIATION CRISIS By: Javid Amin | 14 December 2025 In December 2025, India witnessed one of the most severe disruptions in its civil aviation history. What began as routine winter-season turbulence escalated into a full-blown operational breakdown at IndiGo Airlines, the country’s largest carrier. Over the course of weeks, thousands of flights were cancelled, airports overflowed with stranded passengers, ticket prices surged, and confidence in India’s aviation system took a significant hit. This was not merely an airline misstep.…

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DGCA, Air India pass the buck on Hajj flight mess, Chief Minister asks Chief Secretary to take up the matter

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While the failure of authorities to facilitate landing of flights carrying Hajj pilgrims at the Srinagar airport on Thursday put the state government in an embarrassing situation, the directorate general of civil aviation and Air India are passing buck over the issue. The Air India has blamed the DGCA for denying them the landing permission while the DGCA has in turn blamed the airline for being late. On Thursday, the Srinagar airport authorities returned an Air India A1-5102 flight carrying Haj pilgrims to Kashmir from Jeddah while another Hajj flight…

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