Speaking to ANI, the UBT MP said the airline's large market share had worsened the impact of operational disruptions, urging the management to take responsibility for the inconvenience caused to passengers and staff alike.
Congress MP Rajeev Shukla on Saturday raised concerns over the large-scale cancellation of IndiGo flights, stating that thousands of passengers have been left stranded at airports and alleging that the government has failed to provide adequate assistance to affected travellers.
Major flight disruptions at IndiGo continued to cause nationwide chaos on Friday and affected thousands of passengers, including filmmaker Kiran Rao, whose international travel plans were derailed due to repeated delays and lack of clarity from the airline.
Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) in Delhi on Saturday issued a passenger advisory stating that flight operations are "steadily resuming and getting back to normalcy" following recent disruptions.
Chennai Airport witnessed major disruptions on Saturday as a total of 48 flights scheduled to operate till tonight were cancelled, affecting passengers travelling to key domestic destinations, including Mumbai, Hyderabad, Delhi, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Ahmedabad, Visakhapatnam, Andaman, Lu
Speaking to reporters, the NCP-SCP MP highlighted the prolonged inconvenience faced by passengers, saying, "We condemn what happened to IndiGo. Govt of India should issue an official statement in the Parliament and there should be an inquiry...You can see the condition that has been there
IndiGo operations across India remained severely disrupted on Saturday, with more than 100 flights cancelled and thousands of passengers stranded at airports in Mumbai, Guwahati and Hyderabad.
Passengers arriving from various cities said they were still waiting for their baggage. Several passengers who reached Indore after their flights were rescheduled reported that their luggage had not arrived with them. Many of them reached Indore's Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport on Friday
Long queues, passengers in tears, and repeated flight cancellations created a morning of severe disruption at Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on Saturday, as IndiGo continued to face nationwide operational delays.
Actor Sonu Sood has urged passengers to remain "calm" and stop "targeting" airline ground staff after a series of IndiGo flight delays and cancellations triggered chaos across several airports in India.
Amid nationwide disruptions caused by delays and cancellations of IndiGo flights, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Friday criticised both the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the airline for failing to enforce and comply with the mandatory rest period directive for flight