The Ministry of Civil Aviation announced a cap on IndiGo airfares on Saturday, December 6, 2025. This comes after the airline cancelled more than 400 flights on the fifth straight day of disruptions. Major airports affected include Bengaluru with 124 cancellations and Mumbai with 109, according to PTI reports. The ministry noted "unusually high airfares" as travellers scrambled for alternative flights. To protect passengers, especially senior citizens, students, and patients, it invoked regulatory powers to impose strict fare caps. "An official directive has been issued to all airlines mandating strict adherence to the fare caps that have now been prescribed. These caps will remain in force until the situation fully stabilises," the ministry's press release said. Any breach of these fare caps will lead to immediate corrective action "in the larger public interest," it added. The last such fare cap was imposed in May 2020 after a lockdown had forced most flights to stop. The ministry will monitor airfare levels in real time through data and coordination with airlines and travel platforms. This step aims to maintain pricing discipline and prevent exploitation during the ongoing IndiGo flight disruptions. IndiGo had recently secured temporary relaxations to new court-mandated rest period rules for cockpit crew but cancellations surged nonetheless. The government’s focus remains on stabilizing flight services and protecting passengers from financial hardship.