Overview
- Delhi Airport suspended all IndiGo domestic departures until midnight to prevent terminal overcrowding, according to airport officials.
- Reports cite roughly 550 cancellations one day and more than 500 the next, removing over 1,000 flights from schedules in 48 hours and leaving travellers stuck at major hubs including Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.
- IndiGo told the DGCA it expects operations to stabilise by February 10, acknowledged “misjudgment and planning gaps” in adapting to the second phase of Flight Duty Time Limitations, and warned of cancellations through December 8 with reduced services thereafter.
- The DGCA appealed for pilot cooperation and withdrew the FDTL clause that barred substituting leave for weekly rest in a bid to stabilise airline operations.
- A newlywed pair, Medha Kshirsagar and Sangama Das, missed their Hubballi reception after Bhubaneswar–Bengaluru–Hubballi flights were delayed from 9 am on December 2 and cancelled early December 3, so they joined by video as the bride’s parents performed rituals; some relatives on alternate routes also faced cancellations.