New Delhi: IndiGo has shelled out ₹22.68 crore in the direction of compensation and facilitation of passengers following large flight disruptions in December final yr.
The civil aviation ministry on Monday shared information with the Rajya Sabha on the quantity spent by home scheduled airways in the direction of compensation and facilitation of passengers in December and the entire quantity is little over ₹24 crore.
The quantity pertains to denied boarding, cancellation of flights and delays in flights.
IndiGo shelled out ₹22.68 crore whereas Air India Group — Air India and Air India Specific — paid ₹74.61 lakh. SpiceJet and Akasa Air spent ₹40.09 lakh and ₹21.06 lakh, respectively, as per the info shared by Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol in a written reply.
“IndiGo (until twenty eighth January, 2026), has made compensation of ₹22.68 crore. The method of compensation is underneath progress topic to essential affirmation from passengers and doc verification,” in line with the reply.
In early December, IndiGo confronted large operational disruptions, and subsequently, the Directorate Normal of Civil Aviation (DGCA) curtailed the airline’s winter schedule by 10 per cent till February 10.
Between December 3 and 5, 2,507 flights had been cancelled, and 1,852 flights had been delayed, impacting over 3 lakh passengers at airports throughout the nation, the regulator stated in a press release on January 20.