Disorder persisted for the sixth consecutive day on Sunday as IndiGo cancelled approximately 650 flights nationwide, indicating that operations would not stabilize until December 10. Major airports such as Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Kolkata experienced the most significant impact, recording the highest number of cancellations.
With similar figures reported on Saturday, the total cancellations over the weekend exceeded 1,000. Prior to this, mass cancellations and disruptions had already left passengers stranded at airports.
In the meantime, the airline requested additional time to address the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)’s show cause notice directed at its CEO and accountable manager.
IndiGo also processed outstanding refunds for passengers, amounting to ₹610 crore, due to the cancelled flights.
Here are the latest updates regarding the IndiGo crisis:
IndiGo flight status: Recent updates
- IndiGo cancelled around 650 flights, nearly 28% of its daily total of 2,300, on Sunday and rescheduled several others as it continues to face operational challenges.
- Since the previous Tuesday, the airline has cancelled over 2,000 flights across the nation. These operational disruptions have resulted in numerous flight cancellations and delays in recent days, causing significant inconvenience for thousands of passengers.
- IndiGo stated in a press release on Sunday that it anticipates its network will stabilize by December 10, which is earlier than the previously estimated timeframe of December 10 to 15.
- The airline also processed refunds for passengers amounting to ₹610 crore and successfully delivered 3,000 pieces of baggage nationwide, as reported by the civil aviation ministry. Importantly, Sunday was the deadline established by the ministry for the airline to complete passenger refunds.
- Additionally, IndiGo requested more time to respond to a show cause notice issued by the DGCA, asking for an extension until 6 pm on December 8 to provide its response.
- Later in the day, the DGCA provided IndiGo’s CEO and accountable manager with a one-time extension of twenty-four hours to submit their response to the show cause notice.
- In its notice, the aviation regulator indicated that the “primary cause” of the disruption was IndiGo’s inability to make “adequate arrangements” to comply with the revised staffing, duty time, and rostering requirements as stipulated under the new Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) rules.
