Indigo shares finding a bit of support today after the rout of the past 5 days

After the rout of the past 5 days, Indigo’s shares are finding some support today. At 11:25 a.m. IST, 9^thDecember, 2025, Indigo’s stock price is up by 0.13%, trading at Rs 4,930.  Nifty 50 index is down by 0.54% at this time.

The support being seen today may be because of buying by some investors at lower price levels. Indigo’s share price has declined by over 13% in the past 5 days. The stock price is however still considerably above the current 52-week low price of Rs 3, 945. 52-week high price of the stock currently is Rs 6,232.50.

Indigo is facing a crisis currently. It had to cancel thousands of its flights over the past few days. These cancellations happened because of pilot shortage. This shortage came due to the new regulation of pilot rest period being increased from 36 hours a week to 48 hours. In its reply to DGCA, Indigo has cited this new rule and winter season rescheduling as the main reasons for the massive flight cancellations.

Current crisis may have a more permanent adverse impact on Indigo

Many investors may be seeing the current crisis as a short term one, from which Indigo will emerge.  Given the dominance of Indigo in the domestic market and the large number of international routes that it serves now, some of this expectation is justified. But this crisis may have some permanent adverse impact on the market share and revenues of the company. Competition will increase. The government is already encouraging other airline companies to increase their number of daily flights. According to media reports, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) may ask Indigo to cut down its daily number of flights by 5%. Indigo currently operates around 2300 flights daily. Its share of the domestic passenger market stands at around 65%.

India needs 5 big airlines, says Government

Government regulation of the industry will increase after this crisis. Civil Aviation Minister said yesterday in Parliament that India needs 5 big airlines. Both increased competition and increased government regulation may adversely impact the revenues and profitability of Indigo in the long term.

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Source : NSE, Indigo, DGCA