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Despite enough warnings, no alarm bells were rung. The buck now stops with Rahul Bhatia, the promoter and managing director of India’s largest airline that is facing its biggest crisis ever.
IndiGo’s response to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s show-cause notice smacks of arrogance and an attempt to mask its operational failure.
In a statement released by the aviation regulator on Monday evening, the airline said it’s “realistically not possible to pinpoint the exact cause(s)” and said more time was needed to conduct a “root cause analysis”. In the “preliminary contributing factors”, the airline repeated what it has said till now—a combination of factors, including poor weather, technical glitches and FDTL (flight duty time limitations) norms resulted in the disruption.
That’s a rather strange explanation, as the warning signs were …
As the low-cost carrier pushes through a compensation overhaul, the absence of a CEO is complicating a delicate moment.
The two new chief executives at Air India and IndiGo come with contrasting reputations but face the same challenge—do their predecessors one better.
A regulatory easing could see the billionaire’s conglomerate move from running airports to owning an airline—an idea he is warming up to, with multiple options open.
