**Shares of airline carrier IndiGo INGL.NS rise 2.7% to 4500 rupees
**Co's CEO Pieter Elbers resigns; airline's co-founder and managing director Rahul Bhatia to assume role of interim CEO
**Departure follows months of scrutiny over the carrier's failure to plan properly for pilot rest and duty rules that left tens of thousands of passengers stranded
**India's aviation regulator fined IndiGo $2.45 million and reprimanded several senior executives in the aftermath
**HSBC ("Buy"; PT: 5,860 rupees) anticipates positive upgrades to the business post Elbers' resignation; believes co will continue to maintain its strong competitive positioning
**Jefferies ("Buy"; PT: 6,140 rupees) says markets will track whether promoter-led interim leadership sharpens focus on reliability, regulatory compliance and culture
**Stock rated "Buy" on average by 23 analysts; median PT at 5,880 rupees, per data compiled by LSEG
**YTD stock down 11.2%
(Reporting by Mridula Kumar in Bengaluru)
((Mridula.Kumar@thomsonreuters.com;))
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