India, Dec. 7 -- Turbulence in Indigo Airlines, India's largest air carrier, has tossed the travel plans of the state's ministers, MLAs, MLCs and senior government officials up in the air. Scheduled to travel to Nagpur for the winter session of the state legislature, which begins on Monday, they are scrambling to make alternative arrangements. Their options: road, rail or private jet.

Giving up the luxury of a 90-minute flight, with a choice of three flights a day, most of them will have to hit the road, while a chosen few - hold your breath - are pooling money to hire private jets before they get down to serious legislative business on Monday.

Those insisting on flying out would have to pay upwards of Rs.30,000 per seat on an Air India...