IndiGo CEO Resigns Months After Mass Flight Cancellations

IndiGo’s Chief Executive Officer Pieter Elbers has resigned with immediate effect, marking an abrupt departure months after the low-cost carrier was forced to cancel thousands of flights in December that triggered one of India’s worst aviation crises.

InterGlobe Aviation Ltd., which operates IndiGo, said that Rahul Bhatia, managing director, will take over the management of India’s largest airline in the interim, according to an exchange filing Tuesday. Elbers cited “personal reasons” for his decision to step down in the filing and asked for the notice period to be waived.