Schedule collapse fallout: IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers resigns, founder Rahul Bhatia takes over management

NEW DELHI: IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers has resigned from the airline with instant impact, following the airline’s unprecedented schedule collapse final December that had left lakhs of passengers stranded throughout airports. Airline founder & MD Rahul Bhatia will “in the interim assume management of the affairs of the company,” IndiGo mum or dad Interglobe Enterprises (IGE) stated in a regulatory submitting Tuesday. Now each of India’s largest airways — IndiGo and Tata Group’s Air India — are scouting for brand spanking new CEOs.“….due to personal reasons, I herewith submit my resignation from the position of CEO of IndiGo with effect from (March 10, 2026). I would request that notice period may be waived off…. If the company so desires, obviously, I will be available for any handover or transition otherwise,” Elbers’ resignation letter to Rahul Bhatia reads. Elbers had taken over in Sept 2022, when publish Covid the home chief was eying an identical enlargement within the worldwide skies.