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Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru: City-wise list of cancelled IndiGo flights
Thousands of IndiGo airlines passengers were affected on Wednesday as operational disruptions caused cancellations and delays to scores of flights.
Delays and cancellations continue to haunt IndiGo passengers as at least 180 flights from three major airports have been cancelled on Thursday, news agency PTI reported. On Wednesday, IndiGo, India's key budget carrier cancelled at least 150 flights owing to a crew shortage and modified roster norms as the airline struggles to secure the required crew to operate its flights in the wake of new flight-duty and rest-period norms for pilots.
"IndiGo has cancelled over 180 flights on Thursday at three airports-Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru," news agency PTI quoted sources as saying.
Several airports across India witnessed chaotic scenes as passengers waited for hours to board their flights as schedules were affected due to the cancellation of their flights.
The airline apologised for the crippling disruption and warned travellers to brace for further cancellations through Friday, saying it had initiated “calibrated adjustments” to stabilise operations over the next 48 hours.
Here is the list of cities that were impacted most by IndiGo's operational disruptions on Thursday:
| Airport | Flights cancelled |
|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 73 |
| Delhi | 33 |
| Mumbai | 86 |
| Hyderabad | 73 |
As per latest updates, the operational disruptions will continue to impact passengers on Thursday as well. A spokesperson for the Bengaluru airport said that 73 IndiGo flights had been cancelled on December 4. The ordeal is likely to continue in Hyderabad also as 33 outbound Indigo flights are expected to be cancelled from Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on Thursday, PTI reported.
Thirty five incoming flights are also likely to be cancelled during the day.
The airline's On-Time Performance (OTP) nosedived to 19.7 per cent at six key airports -- Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Hyderabad -- on December 3, as it struggled to get the required crew to operate its services, down from almost half of December 2, when it was 35 per cent.
What caused the disruptions?
IndiGo passengers impacted by the delays and cancellations took to social media to show the inconvenience caused as they argued with airline staff over the flight cancellations.
Thousands of passengers were impacted by the disruptions in IndiGo operations, the airline which operates around 2,300 domestic and international flights daily. IndiGo cited a "multitude of unforeseen operational challenges" as a cause for the chaos across the network for the past two days, and apologised to the passengers for the inconvenience.
"IndiGo has been facing acute crew shortage since the implementation of the second phase of the FDTL (Flight Duty Time Limitations) norms, leading to cancellations and huge delays in its operations across the airports," PTI quoted sources as saying.
"The situation turned bad on Tuesday for the airline and the shortage turned worse on Wednesday with scores of flights cancelled and delayed from across airports in the country," the source said, adding that there are crew rostering as well as baggage system issues.
(With inputs from agencies)
