Mumbai, Dec. 10 -- According to media reports, the revised mandate will significantly impact IndiGo's daily operations. The airline is now expected to curtail 220-230 flights per day, compared with the 110-115 flights that would have been reduced under a 5% cut.

IndiGo's original winter schedule of this year was supposed to have 2,225 - 2,230 flights. However, a 10% would now imply the number of flights to be between 2,000 - 2,100.

The crisis has been triggered by an acute crew shortage following the rollout of revised Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL). The new norms exposed what officials describe as serious rostering and planning lapses, causing IndiGo's network to unravel. As more crew members became unavailable under the updated r...