Indigo Flight Cancellations: DGCA Panel To Summon Airline CEO Pieter Elbers, COO Isidre Porqueras Amid Probe

(MENAFN- Live Mint) As investigations continue into mass flight cancellations by IndiGo, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)-appointed panel probing the disruptions is likely to summon the airline's CEO Pieter Elbers and Chief Operating Officer Isidre Porqueras.

According to a report by PTI, which cited a source, Elbers and Porqueras are set to be summoned on Wednesday by the four-member panel, which consists of Joint DG Sanjay Brahamane, Deputy Director General Amit Guupta, senior Flight Operations Inspector Kapil Manglik, and Flight Operations Inspector Lokesh Rampal.

The mandate of the panel, which has been tasked with identifying the root cause of the pan-India disruptions that left thousands of passengers stranded, includes assessing IndiGo's manpower planning, rostering systems, and the airline's willingness to implement the latest norms on pilots' duty times and rest periods.

PTI further reported that the panel, which was constituted by the DGCA on 5 December, will review IndiGo's level of compliance with the latest Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) norms, including the analysis of gaps admitted by the budget carrier in a bid to ascertain accountability for the failures that led to nationwide disruptions in flight services.

The panel has been instructed by the DGCA to submit its report within 15 days.

Show-cause notice to IndiGo

In addition to summoning CEO Elbers and COO Porqueras, aviation watchdog DGCA has already issued a show-cause notice to IndiGo over the ongoing disruptions.

On Sunday, the DGCA gave IndiGo a one-time, 24-hour extension to reply to the show-cause notice, the deadline for which expired at 6 pm on Monday, 6 December.

(This is a developing story)

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