Not Just IndiGo: Is India’s Economy Quietly Becoming a Two-Player Game?

New Delhi: The IndiGo crisis has reopened the larger debate over whether India is steadily turning into a duopoly-led economy, with two dominant players increasingly controlling entire sectors. The immediate trigger was the turbulence in the aviation sector after the Centre revised Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) to address crew fatigue, a change that led to mass cancellations at IndiGo, which commands nearly 65% of the domestic market. With Tata-owned Air India controlling most of the remaining share, the episode highlighted how limited competition can magnify disruption for millions of consumers.