Air India issued a travel advisory on Wednesday due to adverse weather conditions, which caused the closure of Leh Airport's runway and resulted in flight cancellations on August 27.
According to the carrier, a maintenance task was identified just as the aircraft was preparing for departure. The situation was further complicated as the operating crew subsequently came under mandatory flight duty time limitation norms, making it unsafe and impermissible for them to con
Tewari expressed frustration over the airline's poor performance under Tata Group's management, citing frequent flight cancellations and delays without explanations.
Passengers of SpiceJet flight SG447, scheduled to depart from Darbhanga to Delhi on Saturday morning, were left stranded after the flight was cancelled due to a combination of technical issues and operational restrictions at the airport.
Delhi airport reported 48 flight cancellations, including 28 arrivals and 20 departures, since last night, driven by Gulf region tensions. Air India and IndiGo faced major disruptions, with 27 and 15 flights cancelled, respectively.
Air India's Delhi-Thiruvananthapuram flight AI 2454 carrying passengers suffered a bird hit on Sunday, forcing the cancellation of the return flight on the same day.
Air India on Tuesday said that its flight from Bengaluru to London's Heathrow was cancelled on Tuesday due to the unavailability of the aircraft, following government-mandated inspections across the Boeing 787 fleet.
Air India said on Tuesday that its flight from Ahmedabad to Gatwick in London has been cancelled today due to the unavailability of the aircraft, resulting from airspace restrictions and additional precautionary checks.
Paris-bound Air India flight 143 from Delhi was cancelled on Tuesday afternoon after pre-flight checks identified an issue, which was currently being addressed, an Air India spokesperson confirmed.
During this delay, the assigned crew reached the limit of their Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) -- a rule that restricts the number of hours airline crew members can work for safety reasons.