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Chaotic scenes persisted astatine airports crossed the state arsenic IndiGo’s formation delays stretched into Thursday (December 4, 2025), forcing the cancellation of astatine slightest 250 flights crossed 4 large airports. The disruption besides deed different carriers, which were forced to cancel immoderate flights arsenic IndiGo craft occupied parking bays amid deficiency of disposable crew.
Around 30 IndiGo flights were cancelled successful Delhi, 73 successful Bengaluru, 68 successful Hyderabad, and 85 successful Mumbai. At Hyderabad airport, frustrated passengers staged a objection wrong the terminal, chanting slogans against IndiGo implicit the mounting formation delays.
Top IndiGo officials besides met Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu and Faiz Kidwai, Director-General of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
‘Misjudgment and readying gaps’
The hose informed them that it would curtail flights from December 8 to minimise formation disruptions, but said that successful the meantime, delays and cancellations volition proceed for the adjacent 2 to 3 days, according to a DGCA statement.
During the meeting, IndiGo besides informed officials that the wide formation disruptions were owed to "misjudgment and readying gaps" successful implementing the DGCA’s norms governing remainder and work for pilots from November 1, chiefly those restricting nighttime flying. The hose accepted that its existent unit request exceeded what it had anticipated.
Mr. Naidu expressed wide displeasure regarding the mode successful which the concern has been handled by IndiGo, and stressed that ample preparatory clip was fixed to guarantee a seamless modulation to the caller rules, the DGCA connection explained.
Seeks exemption till Feb 10
IndiGo has requested an exemption from implementing the norm connected reduced flying during nighttime hours, until February 10. The regulator volition reappraisal this petition from the airline, which has been asked to taxable a elaborate roadmap outlining its projected unit recruitment successful narration to craft induction arsenic good arsenic measures for unit grooming and roster restructuring.
The hose has besides been directed to urgently deploy further unit astatine airports to guarantee capable rider support.
IndiGo’s CEO Pieter Elbers besides wrote to employees astir the situation and explained that “given the size, standard and complexity of our network, these disruptions turn ample instantly and necessitate interventions connected aggregate levels”. This is present being done, helium said.
Stuck successful Pune parking bays
Meanwhile, IndiGo's formation disruptions spilled implicit to different airlines. At Pune airport, 9 of the 10 parking bays were occupied by IndiGo craft overnight, leaving conscionable 1 parking bay disposable for usage by different airlines. As the hose did not person pilots available, airdrome officials struggled to person the bays vacated.
The airport, which sees 200 arrivals and departures each day, was forced to cancel 15 flights until noon connected Thursday, including those operated by Air India, Akasa, and Air India Express, an airdrome authoritative said. Some craft spent a agelong clip connected the taxiway arsenic protesting passengers asked wherefore they were not being deboarded. In definite cases, ramps had to beryllium brought to the taxiway to facilitate deboarding, officials said.
The hose has besides been directed to urgently deploy further unit astatine airports to guarantee capable rider support.
