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Singapore envoy stranded at airport, apologises to staff for missing wedding celebrations after IndiGo cancels flight

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2025

The Singapore High Commissioner, Simon Wong, was scheduled to attend the wedding of a staff member at Deoghar.

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DGCA relaxes new fatigue-management rule in view of massive IndiGo flight disruptions

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2025

In view of massive flight disruptions faced by IndiGo, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has relaxed its new fatigue-management rules that limited...

News Reports

IndiGo in turmoil: What is behind India’s busiest airline’s nationwide operational breakdown? Explained

Jinit Jain - 4 December, 2025

IndiGo is facing one of the worst aviation disruptions in recent years as more than 300 flights have been cancelled, while many others suffered delays running into several hours.

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Airbus grounds A320 fleet worldwide for emergency software upgrade after JetBlue incident: Read how Indigo and Air India will be affected

OpIndia Staff - 29 November, 2025

In India, most of IndiGo's A320 planes are the newer variety, while only very few are the older versions.

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Adani’s Navi Mumbai International Airport to begin operations on December 25, Indigo’s Bengaluru-Navi Mumbai flight will be the first to land

OpIndia Staff - 18 November, 2025

India’s newest greenfield airport, Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), will commence commercial operations on December 25, 2025, as per a media release. The airport,...

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Leftists and Islamists spread fake news about Hindu man assaulting Muslim passenger onboard Indigo flight, peddle victimhood narrative: Here is the truth

OpIndia Staff - 2 August, 2025

Soon after the video of the incident went viral, the usual suspects assumed that the perpetrator was a Hindu and began making doomsday predictions about India's secularism and future based on the isolated incident.

Economy and Finance

IndiGo places order for additional 30 Airbus A350-900 planes, to double wide-body fleet to 60

ANI - 1 June, 2025

IndiGo on Sunday announced it has placed orders for another 30 Airbus A350, on top of the 30 orders already in place with the French aircraft manufacturer.

Government and Policy

DGCA grants one-time last and final approval to Indigo to extend lease agreement with Turkish Airlines for 2 Boeing 777s for 3 months

ANI - 30 May, 2025

Indigo has been granted a one-time last and final extension of three months up to August 2025 for the "damp-leased" aircraft from Turkish Airlines, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said on Friday.

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What is PAN-PAN call and how it helped save the IndiGo flight after Pakistan denied airspace entry: All you need to know

Shraddha Pandey - 23 May, 2025

The PAN PAN call, which stands for “Possible Assistance Needed”, is a standard aviation protocol used to prioritise communication and request support, such as radar vectors.

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