New Delhi, Dec. 5 -- The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has accepted Indigo's request for relaxation in rules related to pilot night duty after a large number of the airline's domestic flights were cancelled.
In the approval issued by the DGCA on Friday, it stated that Indigo has been granted exemption from two provisions of the Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) until February 10, 2026.
For Indigo, night duty will now be considered from 12 midnight to 5 am until February 10. Under existing rules, night duty is defined as from 12 midnight to 6 am.
Additionally, rules state that for duty that begins outside night-duty hours but continues into night duty, the maximum flight time can be eight hours and the maximum duty time ca...