A reckoning for India's aviation sector - The Hindu

The past year was marked by sustained turbulence in Indiaâs civil aviation sector, with multiple failures, whose scale and frequency paint a grim picture for the duopoly (IndiGo and the Air India group), both now bracing for thumping losses, with profits plunging drastically, according to recent numbers. The year witnessed a series of breakdowns from the June 2025 Ahmedabad crash to mass cancellations and prolonged flight delays generating unrest, not only among stranded passengers, but across the aviation market at large.The December IndiGo disruption emerged as the first failed stress test, the scale of which now threatens to weigh heavily on the countryâs largest carrier, with it being ranked in the bottom layer of most indexes. What appeared to be an airline-specific failure has now revealed itself as a system-wide constraint coming into view.