New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu has indicated an intentional move from IndiGo in delaying and cancelling thousands of its flights, and indicated that he may sack CEO Pieter Elbers if need be.

In an interview with The Times of India, Naidu accused that IndiGo may have intentionally cancelled nearly 5,000 flights over the past nine days. The IndiGo flight cancellations since December 2 has led to massive disruptions across the country, bringing air traffic to almost a halt and stranding lakhs of passengers at airports.

"There seems to be some kind of intentional thing. The way they have been operating, the way they have control over their operations, this shouldn't have happened," TOI quoted the minister as...