'Very strict action': Aviation minister vows to 'set example' after IndiGo crisis; what he said in RS

NEW DELHI: The aviation curate K Rammohan Naidu vowed successful Rajya Sabha connected Monday that the authorities volition instrumentality “very, precise strict action” against Indigo implicit the caller fiasco to "set an example" crossed the industry.Speaking during question hour, Naidu said the disruption was a effect of IndiGo’s interior lapses. Blaming the bearer for failing to negociate its unit and work roster, the curate said, “We are not taking this concern easily. We are doing an inquiry. We volition instrumentality very, precise strict enactment not lone for this concern but besides arsenic an example."

Responding to a query from Congress MP Pramod Tiwari, who sought to cognize whether the cancellations stemmed from a malfunction successful the automatic connection switching strategy (AMSS) - the glitch that deed formation operations successful aboriginal November 2025 - Naidu clarified that the 2 incidents were unrelated.

The IndiGo crisis, helium said, arose from “anomalies and mismanagement” successful the airline’s unit roster system.The curate besides outlined the timeline of the revised formation work clip limitations (FDTL), introduced aft a precocious tribunal bid successful April 2025. Of the 22 guidelines, 15 were implemented connected July 1 and the remaining 7 connected November 1. He stressed that aggregate consultations were held with each stakeholders, including IndiGo, and that the rules had to beryllium followed “without immoderate compromise connected safety.”

Naidu said the directorate wide of civilian aviation has been successful continuous discussions with airlines since FDTL came afloat into force, and had granted constricted exemptions based connected operational variations and information assessments. Noting that the situation erupted “almost 1 full month” aft the last signifier of FDTL implementation, helium pointed retired that IndiGo did not emblem immoderate imminent issues during a gathering with the ministry connected December 1.“This is simply a day-to-day cognition - thing that Indigo should person maintained. Indigo was expected to negociate the crew, roaster done its day-to-day operations,” helium said.Reiterating that accountability is non-negotiable, Naidu added: “If determination is immoderate mis-compliance, non-compliance, non-adherence for immoderate azygous person, entity and organisation, oregon immoderate relation functioning successful this civilian aviation, we volition instrumentality very, precise strict enactment truthful that we acceptable an illustration successful the industry.”(With inputs from agencies)