Why IndiGo's Unbeatable Strategy For Winning India Became Its Most Catastrophic Failure!

IndiGo controls 60% of India's domestic aviation market. 440 aircraft. 2,700 daily flights. A single aircraft type strategy refined to absolute perfection.Then December 2025 happened. On-time performance collapsed to 3.7%. 1.62 million passengers stranded. The CEO summoned by the government and then resigned.The airline that looked unbeatable had engineered its own collapse. And the very strategy that made IndiGo dominant is exactly what broke it.This is the story of how India's largest airline turned its greatest strength into a catastrophic single point of failure what the Pratt & Whitney engine crisis and new pilot duty rules exposed about over-optimised airline operations, and whether new CEO Willie Walsh can rebuild IndiGo before its structural cracks become permanent.