New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- In the bustling skies of India, where air travel has become the lifeblood of a rapidly growing economy, a single airline's dominance can destabilize the entire nation. December 2025 will long be remembered as the month when IndiGo, India's undisputed aviation giant, triggered the country's worst ever flight crisis with its disregard for regulation.

In the past few days, this air carrier, boasting a fleet of over 350 aircraft and a domestic market share of around 64%, descended into chaos amid the cancellation of thousands of its flights that left tens of thousands of Indian passengers stranded. Families got separated, business executives lost deals and medical evacuations had to be re-routed. The sight of women and ...