airline industry
IndiGo Stock Plummets 10%: Rs 37,000 Crore Market Value Erased Amid Massive Flight Disruptions
Dec 08, 2025 08:22 pm CST
InterGlobe Aviation, IndiGo's parent company, faces severe market devaluation with stocks plunging 10% following prolonged flight disruptions. The airline has lost 16.4% of its stock value over seven consecutive sessions, wiping out Rs 37,000 crore in market capitalization as it struggles to implement new flight duty time regulations. Despite forming a Crisis Management Group, analysts remain pessimistic about recovery prospects.
Commercial Airline Pilots Hide Mental Health Issues: The High Cost of Seeking Help
Dec 04, 2025 02:45 am CST
Commercial airline pilots frequently conceal mental health conditions fearing license suspension and career loss. This investigative report reveals how aviation's strict medical certification requirements, financial barriers, and industry stigma prevent pilots from seeking needed mental health treatment, potentially compromising flight safety while efforts for regulatory reform continue.
ALPA India Challenges Unconstitutional Aviation Ministry Proposal on International Pilot Recruitment
Oct 23, 2025 05:32 pm CST
The Airline Pilots' Association of India strongly opposes the Ministry of Civil Aviation's proposal to ICAO for regulating Indian aviation professionals' employment abroad, calling it unconstitutional and comparing it to bonded labor. ALPA cites violations of fundamental rights and argues that poor working conditions, not foreign poaching, drive pilot exodus from Indian airlines.