Indian airline suddenly cancels hundreds of flights

(CLO) India's leading airline IndiGo continues to cancel hundreds of flights nationwide on December 4.

Of the total flights, at least 191 were cancelled in Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad, leading to chaos at airports. The airline has issued a statement on the ongoing crisis.

"The last two days have seen widespread disruptions across IndiGo's network and operations... The IndiGo team is making all-out efforts... to mitigate the knock-on impact of these delays and restore normal operations," IndiGo said.

IndiGo, one of India's largest airlines, has been grappling with significant disruptions in the past few days. In November, the airline saw 1,232 flight cancellations and many other major delays.

An IndiGo Airbus A320neo. Photo: CC BY-SA 2.0

“Of those 1,232 flights, 755 were cancelled due to staff shortages, 92 were cancelled due to Air Traffic Control (ATC) issues, 258 were cancelled due to airport restrictions and 127 were cancelled for other reasons,” the airline noted.

Following the drop in performance, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has decided to launch an investigation. The agency has asked the airline to clarify the reasons for the sharp decline in operations.

In response, the airline cited a number of reasons, including staff shortages, Air Traffic Control (ATC) errors and many others, for the cancellations and reduced performance.

In its latest announcement, IndiGo said that its operations will be fully restored by February 10 next year and has requested exemption from certain provisions that restrict pilots' working hours at night.

Thousands of passengers were stranded on Thursday, a third day of chaos after India's largest airline failed to make enough changes to its flight plans to comply with new government regulations.

India is one of the world's fastest-growing aviation markets, reaching 500,000 passengers a day for the first time last month.

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