India fines IndiGo record $2.45 million over mass flight cancellations

NEW DELHI: India’s aviation regulator on Saturday fined IndiGo a record $2.45 million, issued warnings to senior executives and directed the airline to remove the head of its operations control from his duties after mass flight cancelations last month. India’s largest airline scrapped about 4,500 flights in the first weeks of December, stranding tens of thousands of passengers nationwide and highlighting concerns over limited competition in the world’s fastest-growing ‌aviation market. The airline ‌has acknowledged that poor pilot roster ‌planning was ⁠the ​main cause ‌of the disruption.

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