IndiGo News Live Updates: CEO Pieter Elbers resigns months after operational meltdown, Rahul Bhatia takes charge

IndiGo News Live Updates: IndiGo’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Pieter Elbers resigned from his post on March 10, citing “personal reasons”. His resignation comes three months after IndiGo’s operational collapse saw widespread flight cancellations across India. Between 3 and 5 December, approximately 2,500 flights were canceled and another hundred flights were postponed; This affected approximately 300,000 passengers.

Following the resignation of Elbers, who joined the company in September 2022, IndiGo’s co-founder Rahul Bhatia came into the spotlight again by taking over as interim CEO. In an internal memo to employees, Bhatia expressed his gratitude and promised to fix the confusion.