Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu shared on X, announcing strict directives to IndiGo amid widespread cancellations and delays, ordering the airline to clear all pending passenger refunds and complete the entire refund process for cancelled or disrupted flights by 8
IndiGo cancelled three out of ten scheduled flights at Jammu Airport on Saturday, while a fourth flight faced delays, further disrupting passenger travel plans amid widespread cancellations across India. The disruptions add to the operational challenges faced by one of the country's large
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.
IndiGo's flight operations faced significant disruptions on Saturday, with multiple cancellations reported at Thiruvananthapuram and Ahmedabad airports, officials said. Thiruvananthapuram International Airport saw six domestic flights cancelled throughout the day, affecting passenger trav
Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi issued a passenger advisory, assuring that Indigo flight operations are now "steadily resuming" after the airline fiasco that saw over 1,000 flights cancelled on Friday.
Even as the Civil Aviation Ministry's priority remains to restore normalcy, IndiGo CEO Peter Elbers categorically stated that things are expected to return to normal between December 10 and 15.
"From November 1, the DGCA came up with new FDTL (flight duty time limitation) regulations. The Ministry also initiated a continuous engagement process with the airlines for at least 6 months. Previously, there was no issue regarding the new FDTL norm. Other airlines, including Air India
The newly formed committee comprises Joint Director General Sanjay K Bramhane, Deputy Director General Amit Gupta, and senior safety officials Captain Kapil Manglik and Captain Lokesh Rampal.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday placed its Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) orders in abeyance to help stabilise the situation and minimise passenger inconvenience, in response to the ongoing disruption in flight schedules, particularly those of IndiGo Airlin
Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu has said that the situation due to Indigo flight delays and cancellations is getting better and it is expected that there won't be waiting at airports from tomorrow.
In a post shared on X, Venugopal said, "550+ IndiGo flights cancelled in a single day is a clear consequence of the Government sleeping at the wheel while a duopoly established a deadly chokehold on India's aviation sector."