India, Jan. 22 -- The central government on Thursday informed the Delhi high court that it has asked IndiGo to dismiss its senior Vice President due to last month's cancellation chaos.

Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) told the Delhi high court that following the inquiry by its four-member committee, it determined that the crisis was caused by "over-optimisation of operations, inadequate regulatory preparedness, along with deficiencies in system software support and shortcomings in management structure, " and it had imposed a Rs. 22.2 crore penalty on the airline.

The law officer further added that it had issued warnings to six senior executives, including the Chief Operating Officer (COO), Isidre Porqueras Orea, and the Dire...