IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers appeared before the DGCA panel probing the operational disruptions for the second straight day on Friday, while the watchdog sacked four flight operations inspectors for alleged lapses in monitoring the airline whose operations are now slowly stabilising.A day after announcing a compensation of Rs 10,000 in the form of travel vouchers to the affected passengers, IndiGo on Friday said in its current estimation, the outgo in this regard will be more than Rs 500 crore. It was also announced that an external aviation expert will carry out a root cause analysis of the massive flight disruptions.
IndiGo said it will be operating over 2,000 flights on Friday as per its revised “scaled down” schedule.
In the wake of the massive disruptions, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has directed the airline to cut its winter schedule flights by 10 per cent.
The regulator’s high-level probe panel on Friday grilled Elbers and airline’s Chief Operating Officer and Accountable Manager Isidro Porqueras for many hours.