A look at the pilot safety rules that hit airline operations, air travel


FILE PHOTO: An IndiGo Airlines aircraft prepares to land as a man peddles his cycle rickshaw in Ahmedabad, India, October 26, 2015. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation found 23 safety-related lapses at India's largest carrier IndiGo. - Reuters

NEW DELHI: India’s stricter pilot fatigue management rules hit IndiGo hard last week as it had failed to plan for changes in its rosters, throwing operations of the country’s biggest airline into disarray and disrupting air travel across the country.

The new regulations, first proposed in early 2024, were implemented in two phases this year, with the latest implementation date of Nov 1.

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