OPINION | Airport chaos: Why minister failed in anticipating crisis?

As air travel chaos spiralled across India, IndiGo Airlines cancelled over 500 flights from four major airports on Saturday (Dec 6) even after getting temporary relaxations in hte new flight duty and rest period norms for cockpit crew. On Saturday, 106 flights were cancelled at Delhi, 124 flights were cancelled at Bengaluru and 109 flights were cancelled at Mumbai airports. A day before, on Friday, IndiGo cancelled more than 1,000 flights across India causing woes to thousands of flyers and sending airfares skyrocketing.