Volcanic ash from Ethiopia forces flight cancellations in Hyderabad, RGIA urges travellers to check latest flight status

Multiple flights to and from Hyderabad were cancelled connected Tuesday (November 25, 2025) aft aviation authorities warned of imaginable ash unreality question towards occidental India pursuing the eruption of the Hayli Gubbi volcano successful Ethiopia. The disruption prompted Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) to contented a rider advisory.

List of flights cancelled

Among the cancelled services were Air India’s AI 2204 from Dubai to Hyderabad, AI 2466 from Hyderabad to Delhi, and AI 2444/2445 operating connected the Mumbai–Hyderabad–Mumbai route. An IndiGo flight, 6E 1316 from Doha to Hyderabad was besides cancelled. Officials noted that portion airdrome operations successful Hyderabad stay normal, further docket changes cannot beryllium ruled retired arsenic conditions proceed to evolve.

In its advisory, the airdrome stated that immoderate flights whitethorn acquisition delays oregon cancellations depending connected evolving conditions. Travellers were asked to cheque the latest formation presumption with their respective airlines earlier proceeding to the airport.

Meanwhile, airlines person begun issuing statements connected the disruptions. A spokesperson for Akasa Air said the bearer had cancelled its services to and from Jeddah, Kuwait and Abu Dhabi scheduled for November 24 and 25. Passengers person been fixed the enactment of a afloat refund for their existing bookings oregon the prime to rebook connected an alternate formation wrong the adjacent 7 days astatine nary further charge, the spokesperson added.

Why is volcanic ash a menace to craft engines?

The DGCA had earlier issued advisories asking airlines to debar flying done affected altitudes and regions successful the involvement of safety, arsenic volcanic ash poses a superior hazard to craft engines. The ash contains abrasive, glass-like particles that melt astatine precocious temperatures, and erstwhile ingested by an engine, they tin liquefy, solidify again, and signifier a glassy coating connected turbine blades, perchance causing motor failure.