Kolkata: The turbulence triggered by IndiGo's mass flight cancellations has spilled beyond airport operations into a fresh law-and-order concern. Bike-borne hotel touts are now approaching stranded passengers at the departure forecourt of Kolkata airport.The ongoing disruption has opened the door for a new set of touts targeting anxious and fatigued travellers whose flights were abruptly cancelled....
IndiGo flight cancellations
KOLKATA: IndiGo Airlines pilots have alleged that the flight cancellation and delay crisis that brought India’s aviation sector to a standstill was engineered to undermine the implementation of new safety norms and pressure govt into putting the revised Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) rules in abeyance.They questioned how a shortage of just 65 captains and 59 co-pilots following the rollout of...