A total of 405 domestic flights of IndiGo were cancelled on Saturday as the massive crisis surrounding the airline entered the fifth day. Operating 2,300 flights daily with a fleet of over 400 aircraft, IndiGo has seen its punctuality plummet with the operational disruptions that are expected to continue for many more days.
The current crisis was primarily caused by a shortage of pilots that was not anticipated due to planning deficiencies, and the authorities are keeping a close watch on the situation.
A Look At The Cancelled Flights
At the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in New Delhi, 86 domestic flights of IndiGo were cancelled on Saturday. Nineteen flights were cancelled at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (AMD), which serves both Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar in Gujarat.
As many as 109 flights were cancelled at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai.
In Pune, 42 flights were cancelled at the airport. At the Chennai Airport, around 30 IndiGo flights were cancelled.
Meanwhile, 50 flights of the airline were cancelled at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru. The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad saw 69 domestic flights getting cancelled.