IndiGo flight cancellations LIVE: IndiGo cancels over 1,000 flights to achieve reboot; Railways adds extra coaches to meet demand

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• December 06, 2025 10:08

  Congress MP Ravi writes to Aviation Minister Naidu, flags severe disruptions in aviation sector

  Amid widespread disruptions in IndiGo airline services, Telangana Congress MP Mallu Ravi on Friday wrote to Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu, flagging what he described as severe and unprecedented turmoil in India’s aviation sector following the carrier’s massive operational breakdown.

  In his letter, Mr. Ravi cited the cancellation or delay of over 550 flights nationwide and a sharp fall in IndiGo’s on-time performance (OTP) to 19.7%. He warned that the incident had exposed structural vulnerabilities within the aviation ecosystem and highlighted the risks of overreliance on a single dominant private airline.

  “It is to bring to your immediate attention the serious and unprecedented disruptions currently affecting India’s aviation sector. The recent developments have exposed critical vulnerabilities that demand urgent corrective measures from the Government of India,” he wrote.

  ANI

• December 06, 2025 09:50

  69 flights cancelled at Hyderabad airport

  A total of 69 flights, 26 arrivals and 43 departures, are slated for cancellation on December 6 in Hyderabad, according to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport sources. 

• December 06, 2025 09:48

  IndiGo flight disruptions hit Thiruvananthapuram and Ahmedabad airports

  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 travel plans across key routes.

  The airline had a total of 26 scheduled movements, including both domestic and international arrivals and departures.

  According to Thiruvananthapuram airport officials, IndiGo had 22 domestic movements scheduled for December 6, including 11 arrivals and 11 departures, as well as four international operations, two arrivals and two departures.

  Officials confirmed that the six cancelled domestic flights included three arrivals and three departures, operating on the Delhi, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru sectors. The disruptions caused inconvenience to passengers, who were advised to coordinate with the airline for rescheduling and updates.

  ANI

• December 06, 2025 09:40

  Airfares skyrocket: Kolkata-Mumbai flights cost ₹90,000; Mumbai-Bhubaneswar ₹84,000

  Airfares reached levels never seen before on Friday, with a one-way one-stop economy-class SpiceJet Kolkata-Mumbai flight ticket for December 6 costing up to ₹90,000, and a similar ticket of Air India for Mumbai-Bhubaneswar going up to ₹84,485, according to the airlines’ websites.

  A similar trend was noted on many other high-traffic routes.

  With IndiGo cancelling over 1,000 flights on Friday owing to crew shortage as the second phase of the pilots flight duty and rest period norms kicked in, huge capacity was out of the market, leading to airfares tripling and quadrupling from over the normal range, a travel industry executive said.

  “The situation is such that you can’t predict what are going to be the ticket prices when you book a flight. It may be two times, three times or even more than the normal fare range,” he said.

  PTI

• December 06, 2025 09:28

  CR to run six special trains, WR to add coaches to ease passenger rush

  Central Railway on Friday announced it will run six special trains on key long-distance routes on December 6 and 7 to clear the extra rush of passengers due to widespread flight cancellations across the country.

  CR chief public relations officer Swapnil Nila said the special services will operate on Pune-SMVT Bengaluru (Dec 6), Pune-New Delhi (Dec 7), Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Madgaon (Dec 7), Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus-New Delhi (Dec 6), Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Lucknow (Dec 6) and Nagpur-CSMT (Dec 6) routes to clear extra rush of passengers.

  At the national level, Indian Railways has announced to augment a total of 37 trains with 116 additional coaches, operating over 114 augmented trips across the network to meet the travel demand.

  As per a PIB release, the decision was taken to ensure smooth travel and to provide adequate accommodation to stranded and waiting passengers as air travel disruptions led to a sudden surge in rail bookings.

  PTI

• December 06, 2025 09:26

  Disruption in Indigo flight operations leave passengers stranded at Bengaluru airport

• December 06, 2025 09:17

  Over 50 IndiGo flights cancelled in J&K on December 5; passengers left in the lurch

  Chaotic scenes unfolded at the two Jammu and Kashmir airports on Friday after 16 IndiGo flights from Srinagar and 11 from Jammu were cancelled, prompting protests by hundreds of stranded passengers over the airline’s alleged failure to respond to distress calls.

  IndiGo operations continued to witness disruptions nationwide due to pilot-rostering issues faced by the airline.

  On Friday, the airline was scheduled to operate 36 flights at the Srinagar airport — 18 inbound and 18 outbound, officials said.

  However, owing to rostering issues, the IndiGo cancelled 16 arriving and as many departing flights, they said.

  PTI

• December 06, 2025 09:14

  Watch | Multiple IndiGo flight cancellations at Delhi airport

• December 06, 2025 08:59

  Airfares almost triple as IndiGo services continue to remain disrupted

  Airfares between Mangaluru and other important cities, including Mumbai, have almost tripled even as the Union Civil Aviation Ministry ordered keeping the flight duty time limitations (FDTL) orders of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in abeyance with immediate effect, on Friday.

  Mangaluru International Airport, in a statement here, said 18 flights, nine each arrivals and departures of IndiGo, were cancelled on Friday.

  For travel on Sunday, the fares on Mumbai-Mangaluru-Mumbai sector shot up to ₹25,000 as against the normal average fares of ₹6,000 to ₹8,000, said Yeshwant Kadri, a Mangaluru resident. Similarly, the fares on Bengaluru-Mangaluru-Bengaluru sector rose to about ₹18,000 as against the normal average of ₹3,000 to ₹6,000 for Sunday, he said. Air India Express was the lone carrier operating the services, he added.

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  Airfares almost triple as IndiGo services continue to remain disrupted

  Airfares soar as IndiGo cancels flights, causing disruption for travelers at Mangaluru International Airport.

• December 06, 2025 08:44

  “It looks like an apocalypse”: Lauren Gottlieb, Rahul Vaidya, Jay Bhanushali and others join outrage

  At a time when the Indian skies erupted into chaos after IndiGo airline cancelled several flights, leaving thousands of passengers stranded across major airports nationwide.

  Amid the growing outrage, celebrities were also seen having their own travel plans derailed as many took to social media and expressed frustration over the indefinite waiting and delays at terminals.

  Actor-choreographer Lauren Gottlieb, who was spotted outside an airport, spoke to the media and shared her reaction to the flight situation.

  “Everything that you have seen online and over the news – it looks like an apocalypse inside. All the flights to Dubai were cancelled. There were hundreds of people in there, and it looked like some kind of disaster had happened,” she said, further urging people to avoid taking IndiGo flights at the moment.

  ANI

• December 06, 2025 08:36

  Watch | Long queues at Chennai airport as several IndiGo flights get cancelled

• December 06, 2025 08:26

  Congress slams Modi government as IndiGo cancellations spark nationwide disruption

  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday blamed the large-scale disruptions at IndiGo on what he called the Centre’s “monopoly model”, arguing that India needs fair competition instead of “match-fixing monopolies”.

  With IndiGo cancelling nearly 1,000 flights on Friday, creating chaos at airports and leaving thousands of passengers stranded, Mr. Gandhi said ordinary travellers were paying the price for policy failures.

  “IndiGo fiasco is the cost of this government’s monopoly model. Once again, it’s ordinary Indians who pay the price in delays, cancellations and helplessness,” the Leader of the Opposition said in a post on social media platform X, adding, “India deserves fair competition in every sector, not match-fixing monopolies.”

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  Congress slams Modi government as IndiGo cancellations spark nationwide disruption

  Congress criticizes Modi government over IndiGo flight cancellations, linking chaos to a monopoly model harming competition in aviation.

• December 06, 2025 08:16

  Passengers face harrowing time at Ranchi airport as flight ops hit

  Passengers had a harrowing time at the Ranchi airport on Friday as flight operations of IndiGo were affected, officials said.

  Airport Director Vinod Kumar told PTI that nearly 18 incoming and an equal number of outgoing flights of IndiGo were cancelled during the day, causing inconvenience to passengers.

  These flights would have departed to or arrived from Delhi, Bhubaneshwar, Mumbai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Pune, Hyderabad and Bengaluru, he said.

  Mr. Kumar said the display board outside the airport were promptly giving all updates about cancellations and delays, but admitted to the absence of communication through email or SMS on behalf of the airline.

  PTI

• December 06, 2025 08:07

  “Government should intervene…”: SP MP Dimple Yadav on air fares hike amid IndiGo flight delays

  Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav on Friday addressed the increasing air fares amid the nationwide IndiGo flight delays and cancellations. She slammed the aviation sector, stating that airlines are operating arbitrarily and urging the government to intervene.

  “It is being seen that there is a huge increase in air fares. Airlines are operating in an arbitrary manner… The government should intervene in this… And if the government does not intervene, then this kind of attitude will continue…,” said the SP MP.

  A large number of passengers are facing inconvenience across the country, as IndiGo flights are facing delays and cancellations. Many travellers are stranded at airports, with several complaints of negligence, unresponsiveness, and staff shortages on IndiGo’s part.

  A passenger from Bhubaneswar shared, “…We are travelling with a differently abled kid and a senior citizen… The customer care number of IndiGo is not working… The prices of other flight tickets have increased… If tickets have to be cancelled, they are showing non-refundable until these people say that it is their mistake.”

  ANI

• December 06, 2025 08:06

  This is management failure, govt policy was finalised year ago: Aviation Expert Harsh Vardhan

  Aviation Expert Harsh Vardhan held IndiGo Management responsible for disruptions to its operations, leading to severe delays and congestion at major airports across the country, and said that the management should have taken proactive steps, as the Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) policy was finalised a year ago.

  Speaking to ANI, Harsh Vardhan said, “It’s a very unprecedented situation in the aviation industry. Passengers have been suffering since last three days. This is peak tourist, wedding and business season. IndiGo’s explanation is that because the government enforced a new flight and duty time limitation policy so this has suddenly caused problems. This is a management failure. Management should have taken proactive steps because the government policy didn’t come about in 24 hours. It was deliberate for years. Then a year ago, the policy was finalised.”

  He further said that the soft launch was done on July 1, 2025 and the full roll out was done on November 1, 2025.

  ANI

• December 06, 2025 07:53

  Flight cancellation forces newlyweds to join wedding reception in Hubballi virtually

  The mass cancellation of Indigo Flights led to a marriage reception being held virtually through a video call in Hubballi on December 3, 2025, as the newly-wed couple who were to fly from Bhubaneswar to Hubballi could not make it to the venue before the scheduled time and day.

  The marriage of Medha Ksheersagar of Hubballi and Sangam Das of Bhubaneshwar, both software professionals based in Bengaluru, had taken place in Bhubaneswar on November 23 and their marriage reception was scheduled to take place on December 3 at Gujarat Bhavan in Hubballi. The bride and groom had planned to fly from Bhubaneswar to Hubballi via Bengaluru.

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  IndiGo crisis: Flight cancellation forces newlyweds to join wedding reception in Hubballi virtually

  IndiGo flight cancellations force newlyweds to attend their Hubballi reception virtually, connecting with 650 guests via video call.

• December 06, 2025 07:46

  IndiGo expects normalcy to return from December 10

  On a day when IndiGo cancelled more than 1,000 flights, IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers on Friday said the situation is anticipated to normalise between December 10-15.

  In his first video message since the disruptions began, Mr. Elbers apologised for the major inconvenience caused to the passengers due to the disruptions.

  “Regrettably, earlier measures of the last few days have proven not to be enough. So we decided today for a reboot of all our systems and schedules, resulting in the highest number of cancellations so far, but imperative for progressive improvements starting tomorrow onwards.”

  “With these actions, we expect tomorrow to have cancellations below 1,000. The support of DGCA, in providing specific FDTL implementation relief, is of great help,” Mr. Elbers said.

  PTI

• December 06, 2025 07:41

  Why IndiGo has delayed, cancelled hundreds of flights

  Issuing several statements over the past few days, IndiGo has blamed several factors for the mass delays and cancellations. On Wednesday, the airline said “minor technology glitches, schedule changes linked to the winter season, adverse weather conditions, increased congestion in the aviation system and the implementation of updated crew rostering rules (FDTL) had a negative compounding impact on our operations in a way that was not feasible to be anticipated.”

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  Why IndiGo has delayed, cancelled hundreds of flights

  IndiGo faces ongoing flight delays and cancellations due to technology issues, weather, and new crew rostering rules.

• December 06, 2025 07:38

  IndiGo flight disruptions trigger surge in charter jet demand

  As flight cancellations and delays continued for a third straight day across India, the cascading disruption caused by IndiGo’s operational crisis has triggered an unexpected surge in demand for charter and business jets. Operators say they are overwhelmed, with enquiries shooting up to levels they have never seen before.

  Several charter flight companies reported that requests for urgent, same-day travel have multiplied since December 4, as passengers, including business travellers, families and frequent flyers, scramble for alternatives.

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  IndiGo flight disruptions trigger surge in charter jet demand, major uptick from Hyderabad

  IndiGo flight disruptions lead to a five-fold increase in charter jet demand, especially from Hyderabad, as travelers seek alternatives.

• December 06, 2025 07:34

  Railways increases 116 coaches in 37 premium trains following Indigo flight disruptions

  In view of the surge in passenger demand following widespread flight cancellations, the Indian Railways has deployed 116 additional coaches in 37 premium trains operating over 114 enhanced trips across the country.

  A press statement from the Railway Ministry said that the Southern Railway (SR) has carried out the highest number of augmentations, enhancing capacity in 18 trains.

  “Additional Chair Car and Sleeper Class coaches have been deployed on high-demand routes. These augmentations, implemented from 6 December 2025 onward, substantially expand accommodation capacity in the southern region,” the note said.

  It added, “Northern Railway (NR) follows with augmentations on eight trains, adding 3AC and Chair Car coaches. These measures implemented today onwards enhance availability on heavily travelled northern corridors.” According to the ministry, the Western Railway (WR) has increased four high-demand trains by adding 3AC and 2AC coaches and the augmentations, effective from December 6, cater to strong passenger movement from western regions to the national capital.

  PTI

• December 06, 2025 07:26

  ‘IndiGo didn’t take off — but my stress levels did’

  It is 6.30 in the morning and I am already hassled. Even as I wait patiently outside Chennai Airport to board an IndiGo flight to Bengaluru, the person behind me in the queue is pushing, in order to get ahead.

  I tell him, gently, “Hey, my flight is at 8am. I’m waiting.” He taps my shoulder gingerly and says, “Hey, my flight was last night at 8. I’ve been waiting for too long, beta.”

  I am wide awake now. Surrounded by hundreds of people trying to get into the airport — most of them with valid tickets and boarding passes — the scene at Chennai Airport resembles a busy, noisy market, filled with chaos and confusion.

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  ‘IndiGo didn’t take off — but my stress levels did’

  A first-person account of IndiGo’s cancellations, capturing the chaos and confusion at airports.

• December 06, 2025 07:17

  Watch | Passengers queue up amid mass cancellations at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Airport

• December 06, 2025 07:14

  Indian Railways adds extra coaches to meet rush of weary passengers

  With the mass cancellation of flights by IndiGo and fares of other airlines skyrocketing, thousands of passengers stranded at airports across the country are heading to nearby railway stations to catch trains to their destinations.

  To meet the extra rush of passengers and growing demand for accommodation in air-conditioned coaches, the Indian Railways augmented the capacity of trains across its network.

  Going by reports that came in at 7 p.m. on Friday (December 5, 2025), the railways added 116 extra coaches to 37 trains, mostly in Southern Railway, Northern Railway and Western Railway. The coaches included two-tier, three-tier and chair car AC coaches.

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  Indian Railways adds extra coaches to meet rush of weary passengers

  Indian Railways adds 116 extra coaches to 37 trains to accommodate passengers affected by IndiGo flight cancellations.

• December 06, 2025 07:08

  IndiGo cancels 1,000 flights, gets exemption on night duty limits for pilots

  IndiGo cancelled more than 1,000 flights on Friday (December 5, 2025) and will axe hundreds more on Saturday (December 6, 2025), crippling air travel across India and sending airfares skyrocketing, which prompted the government to exempt the country’s largest airline from meeting new rules until February 10.

  The airline suspended all departures from the Delhi airport for the entire day to reboot its systems and stop cascading delays. It cancelled all its domestic flights from Chennai airport and all flights from Bengaluru to Delhi and Mumbai for the entire day.

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  IndiGo cancels 1,000 flights, gets exemption on night duty limits for pilots

  IndiGo cancels over 1,000 flights, faces crew shortages, and receives government exemptions as air travel chaos ensues across India.