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Air India has cancelled astatine slightest 11 flights since Monday (November 24, 2025) and is carrying retired precautionary checks connected those planes that had flown implicit locations that had ash plumes owed to the volcanic enactment successful Ethiopia.
Ash clouds from the recent eruption of the Hayli Gubbi volcano successful Ethiopia are impacting formation operations, and determination are reports suggesting that clouds are drifting towards the occidental parts of India.
Air India said it has cancelled 4 flights connected Tuesday (November 25, 2025) — AI 2822 (Chennai-Mumbai), AI 2466 (Hyderabad-Delhi), AI 2444 / 2445 (Mumbai-Hyderabad-Mumbai) and AI 2471 / 2472 (Mumbai-Kolkata-Mumbai).
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Akasa said it had scrapped scheduled flights with Middle East destinations specified arsenic Jeddah, Kuwait, and Abu Dhabi scheduled during the 2 days.
On Monday (November 24, 2025), it had cancelled 7 planetary flights, including AI 106 (Newark-Delhi), AI 102 (New York (JFK)-Delhi) and AI 2204 (Dubai-Hyderabad) and AI 2290 (Doha-Mumbai).
Giving the formation details successful a station connected X connected Tuesday (November 25, 2025), Air India said it is carrying retired precautionary checks connected those craft which had flown implicit definite geographical locations aft the Hayli Gubbi volcanic eruption.
"Our crushed teams crossed the web are keeping passengers updated connected their formation presumption and are providing contiguous assistance, including edifice accommodation. We are making each effort to put alternate question astatine the earliest," the hose said.
There were nary latest updates from IndiGo, Air India Express, SpiceJet and Akasa Air connected the situation.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the ash clouds are drifting towards China and volition determination distant from India by 7.30 p.m. connected Tuesday (November 25, 2025).
Forecast models indicated ash power implicit Gujarat, Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana connected Tuesday, the IMD said.
In a elaborate advisory connected Monday (November 24, 2025), the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) asked airlines to strictly debar published volcanic ash affected areas and formation levels, set formation planning, routing, and substance considerations based connected the latest advisories.
Also, airlines person been asked to instantly study immoderate suspected ash encounter, including motor show anomalies oregon compartment smoke/odour.
DGCA noted that if volcanic ash affects airdrome operations, past the relation acrophobic indispensable instantly inspect runways, taxiways, and aprons.
Depending connected the contamination, the operations whitethorn beryllium restricted, and cleaning procedures person to beryllium completed earlier resuming movements, it added.
