Qantas-IndiGo partnership

[elanshin]

I'm thinking if I should book 6E - fully aware of what's happening ATM. However, would it be right to assume that the issue at 6E is only for IND domestic and not internationals (say SIN-MAA/DEL-SIN) ?

Got a last minute trip end of this month - so confused ...

I believe the issue is systemwide for the company. If anything it'll affect international more than domestic given some of the restrictions wouldn't show up on a domestic flight like limiting night time long haul flying.

Seems Indigo has been given special exemptions to try to recover ops but still a big mess.

 

[SYD]

We have three flights in Jan (booked direct) - hoping they’ve got their sh$t together by then…!

 

[elanshin]

So just catching up with the last couplr of days, seems Indigo has "stabilised" ops with the special exemption, but has been ordered to cut 10% of their flights by the Indian authorities (~200). Still need to address the original mandate for crew and pilot rest requirements with scheduling changes (not sure how long they have with it - also would pilots and crew strike if it takes too long?). Likely to face penalties from the government too given they were given 2 years to prepare for the Nov 1 deadline.