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More than three months ago, the country's largest airline IndiGo's successful co-founders Rahul Bhatia and Rakesh Gangwal made headlines. On February 4, the announcement came that Bhatia will take charge as the airline's Managing Director and on February 18, amid the not-so-cosy relations between the two co-founders, it was announced that Gangwal has stepped down from its board. Bhatia took over as the Managing Director on February 4 and since then, there have been quite a few churns in the top deck. IndiGo -- a low-cost carrier which accounts for more than half of the country's domestic traffic -- has announced the appointment of new Chairman, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) since March. In March, IndiGo's market share stood at 54.8 per cent, as per official data. IndiGo, which has nearly 300 planes in its fleet, is also bracing for more competition with Akasa expected to be operational in the coming months while Jet Airways likely to restart ...