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Air travellers faced difficulties arsenic disruption of IndiGo flights from airports crossed the state continued for the 3rd time connected Friday (December 5, 2025). As galore arsenic 8 flights coming into and going retired of Visakhapatnam International Airport, including 1 planetary formation to Abu Dhabi, were cancelled connected Friday (December 5, 2025).
This takes the full flights cancelled, truthful acold (till December 5 morning), from Visakhapatnam, during the past 3 days to 16. The IndiGo flights cancelled, truthful far, till December 5 are: 218 Bengaluru-Visakhapatnam-Bengaluru, 307 Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam-Hyderabad, 1444 Abu Dhabi-Visakhapatnam-Abu Dhabi, 6645 Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam-Hyderabad, 6089 Chennai-Visakhapatnam-Chennai, 779 Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam-Hyderabad and 617 Kolkata-Visakhapatnam-Kolkata.
Journalists travelling to Visakhapatnam connected December 5, from assorted destinations successful the country, to screen the One Day International (ODI) cricket lucifer betwixt India and South Africa, connected December 6 were astatine their wits end, erstwhile their flights were cancelled and they were not shown alternate plans by the airline. The fares connected alternate flights skyrocketed with the cancellation of IndiGo flights. Members of Team India and the South African cricket squad person already arrived successful Visakhapatnam connected December 4.
A. Mahesh Kumar, a photograph writer from Associated Press, who had booked his summons to question from Hyderabad to Visakhapatnam to screen the ODI, was clueless, erstwhile his formation was cancelled connected December 5. He had booked his summons done a question cause but neither the cause nor helium received immoderate connection from the hose connected the cancellation.
He tried to publication his summons by the Air India Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam flight, which was scheduled to permission astatine 12.45 p.m. connected December 5. Though helium was adjacent prepared to ammunition retired the precocious fare of ₹18,000 determination was nary country successful that flight. He had adjacent tried to publication his berth by Garib Rath explicit but determination was nary room. “I became jittery and started searching for alternate flights and was fortunate capable to get a spot connected the Air India Express formation from Hyderabad to Visakhapatnam via Vijayawada, scheduled to permission Hyderabad astatine 6.30 p.m. connected December 5, for ₹19,000,” Mr. Mahesh told The Hindu.
Debyanshu Sarkar, a photograph writer with Agence France-Presse, had to cancel his ODI duty owing to the cancellation of his Kolkata-Visakhapatnam formation connected December 5. “I received a connection from the hose that my formation was cancelled and my summons was rescheduled for December 8. There was nary constituent successful reaching Visakhapatnam aft December 6. There were nary different nonstop flights from Kolkata to Visakhapatnam, and if I person to question via Mumbai, I person to ammunition retired ₹70,000,” Mr. Debyanshu, who cancelled his ticket, told The Hindu.
