IndiGo Cancels Over 180 Flights Across Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru

Domestic carrier IndiGo has cancelled over 180 flights from three major airports on Thursday, as the Gurugram-based 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,” a source said.

While the number of cancellations at Mumbai airport stands at 86 (41 arrivals and 45 departures) for the day, at Bengaluru, 73 flights have been cancelled, including 41 arrivals, the source



said.

Besides, it had cancelled as many as 33 flights at Delhi Airport for Thursday, the source said, adding, “The number of cancellations is expected to be higher by the end of 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.

IndiGo has been facing acute crew shortage since the implementation of the second phase of the FDTL.