IndiGo cancels 180 flights from Bengaluru & Hyderabad; Govt to cut routes
IndiGo cancelled nearly 180 flights from Bengaluru and Hyderabad on Tuesday, extending disruptions at the airline for the eighth straight day, sources said. At Hyderabad Airport, 58 flights were cancelled, 14 arrivals and 44 departures. Bengaluru saw even larger disruptions, with 121 cancellations, including 58 arrivals and 63 departures. The ongoing crisis may also cost IndiGo several routes in the current winter schedule. Union Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu said the government will definitely cut the airlines slot allocation as a penalty. We will issue an order to reduce some routes from IndiGos winter schedule. These will be reassigned to other carriers and returned to IndiGo only when it demonstrates the capability to operate them, Naidu told DD news. IndiGo operates more than 2,200 daily flights across 90 domestic and over 40 international destinations. On Monday alone, it cancelled more than 560 flights across six major metro airports as operational issues continued to escalate. Government will take strict action: Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on Indigo crisis
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