Government Intervention Amid IndiGo Flight Cancellations IndiGo is grappling with significant flight disruptions for the fifth consecutive day, prompting intervention from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Saturday. Reports indicate that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefed on the crisis affecting India’s largest airline, which has seen over a thousand flights canceled in recent days.
Major Flight Cancellations Impact Chennai Airport On Saturday, Chennai Airport experienced substantial disruptions as a total of 48 flights were cancelled, affecting travelers heading to key domestic destinations such as Mumbai, Hyderabad, Delhi, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Ahmedabad, Visakhapatnam, Andaman, Lucknow, Pune, and Guwahati. According to airport officials, IndiGo, the airline responsible for most of the affected
IndiGo’s CEO Addresses Flight Disruptions New Delhi: IndiGo’s Chief Executive Officer, Pieter Elbers, announced on Friday that the airline anticipates fewer than 1,000 flight cancellations on Saturday, with a return to normal operations expected between December 10 and 15. After the airline faced over 1,000 cancellations, accounting for more than half of its daily flights,
