India Caps Airline Fares Amid IndiGo Flight Crisis

India has capped airline fares following mass cancellations by IndiGo, affecting travel plans and spiking prices. The government aims to stabilize fares while IndiGo struggles to resume normal operations after failing to adapt to new flying rules. Other airlines remain unaffected by the regulations.

India has implemented fare caps on airline tickets as a response to a crisis involving the country's largest airline, IndiGo. Hundreds of passengers were stranded outside major airports including Bengaluru and Mumbai, amid a mass cancellation of flights, with 385 IndiGo flights cancelled on the fifth consecutive day of disruption.

The turmoil began as IndiGo cancelled thousands of flights, leading to a sharp increase in fare prices on other airlines, prompting the government to step in. While the exact limits of the fare caps were not disclosed, authorities confirmed active monitoring and coordination with airlines to stabilize the market.

IndiGo's operational crisis arose from its failure to comply with new regulations on night flying and pilot rest periods by November 1. As more than 1,000 flights were cancelled on Friday alone, the carrier hopes to normalize operations by mid-December, while other major Indian airlines remain unaffected by the changes.

(With inputs from agencies.)