The Centre has started to redistribute 10% of IndiGo’s flying operations, making a temporary reorganisation of the Indian aviation sector inevitable. The Ministry of Civil Aviation has earlier restricted IndiGo, reassigning 717 slots to other local carriers. The MoCA-imposed limitation is being implemented in a phased and systematic fashion. In order to minimise passenger disturbance, authorities act quickly to fill capacity shortages on high-density lines. Let’s find our core reason why MoCA is doing so..MoCA Redesigning India’s Aviation SectorRedistributing IndiGo’s limited operations among other domestic airlines is the responsibility of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. According to media sources, the redistribution is concentrated on routes where IndiGo runs a disproportionately large number of flights, especially on sectors with strong demand and frequency. IndiGo’s total number of destinations will remain unaffected by the change.Rather, the change focuses on certain routes where carriers may share capacity more fairly. Between January and March, 717 IndiGo slots were released as part of the exercise. Every flight that has been curtailed is at a domestic airport. There are about 59 slots at Delhi, 12 at Mumbai, 51 at Kolkata, 52 at Chennai, and 29 at Ahmedabad, among other airports. In order to preserve overall…  ​Read MoreStartupTalky- Business News, Insights and Stories

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