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What the Aviation Crisis Reveals About Accountability in India’s Transport Governance
The recent meltdown at India’s largest airline, leading to thousands of cancellations, was a systemic failure—not just an operational blunder by a single carrier. While IndiGo’s lean staffing model was the immediate trigger, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) are the bigger culprits. The narrative that pins…
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Why India Desperately Needs Akasa Air to Survive and Thrive
The Indian aviation sector is on a tear, growing faster than almost any other large market on earth. In 2025 we will carry roughly 220–230 million domestic passengers — more than triple Australia’s ~60 million and closing in on one-third of America’s ~800 million. Yet the market structure is bizarrely concentrated: India today has almost…
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