SpiceJet to operate 100 extra flights over next 2-3 days amid IndiGo crisis — Here’s what Chairman Ajay Singh says
SpiceJet Chairman and Managing Director Ajay Singh on Friday, December 5, 2025, said the airline is trying to help manage travel disruption due to the crisis it is experiencing due to IndiGo’s updated crew staffing norms. The company will operate 100 additional flights over the next few days, the news agency reported MOMENT.
Ajay Singh also welcomed the decision of the government and the aviation regulator to constitute a committee to find out what happened and the reason behind the travel nightmare of the people of the country.
“We (SpiceJet) are trying to help by operating 100 additional flights in the next few days. It is important to know what happened and why. We welcome the government’s decision to form a committee,” Ajay Singh told the news agency.
Singh also emphasized that the recent air travel disruptions are extremely unfortunate and are causing inconvenience to passengers. The President also said that he believes that both the government and IndiGo are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
SpiceJet Chairman Ajay Singh told the news agency: “What happened is extremely unfortunate and has caused great inconvenience to the passengers…I am sure the government is working really hard to ensure that the issue is resolved as soon as possible…I am sure IndiGo is doing its best.”
What should be the focus?
Ajay Singh told the news agency that the root cause of flight delays and cancellations needs to be identified to prevent such incidents from happening again in the future.
“It is important to find out what happened and why it happened, so that we have lessons for the future and ideas to prevent such incidents from happening again,” Singh told the news agency.
IndiGo Crisis
India’s largest airline operator IndiGo has witnessed a sharp rise in flight cancellations with over 500 flights delayed or canceled in the last few days, according to its updated crew roster as per Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) norms.
Addressing all its passengers who faced issues due to the glitch, IndiGo said in its latest post on X, “We truly apologize for the inconvenience caused to our customers.”
While the company informed the DGCA that the airline plans to return all its operations to a stable level by February 10, 2026, it warned that flight cancellations will continue for the next two to three days as part of IndiGo’s schedule stabilization efforts.
