“WAITING FOR MY LUGGAGE”
IndiGo has admitted it failed to plan properly ahead of a Nov 1 deadline to implement stricter rules on night flying and weekly rest for pilots, ultimately leading to scheduling problems this week.
On Friday, more than 1,000 IndiGo flights were cancelled. After the government announced the exemptions to the rules for IndiGo, the airline said it could return to normal operations between Dec 10 to Dec 15.
The Delhi airport in a post on X on Saturday said flight operations are steadily resuming, but that some IndiGo flights continue to be affected.
Airport sources told Reuters that IndiGo cancelled 124 flights in Bengaluru on Saturday, 109 in Mumbai, 86 in New Delhi and 66 in Hyderabad.
Hundreds of passengers gathered outside Bengaluru and Mumbai airports on Saturday, some unaware of the cancellations, according to Reuters photographers at the scene.
Satish Konde had to catch a connecting flight from Mumbai to the western city of Nagpur and had checked in, but he was later told it was cancelled.
“I am waiting for my luggage to be returned,” he told Reuters.
Other major Indian airlines, including Air India and Akasa, have not had to cancel flights due to the new rules.
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