IndiGo’s operational crisis continued for a seventh straight day on December 8, with the airline cancelling more than 250 flights across major airports. According to reports, 251 flights were grounded at Delhi and Bengaluru alone. Delhi airport saw 134 cancellations — 75 departures and 59 arrivals — while Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport recorded 127 cancellations, affecting 65 arrivals and 62 departures.
Additional disruptions were reported nationwide: five flights were cancelled in Thiruvananthapuram, eighteen in Ahmedabad, and seventy-seven in Hyderabad. Jaipur airport also faced multiple IndiGo cancellations, though authorities said passenger movement remained calm. However, travellers were left waiting for updates at airports in Chennai, Mumbai, and Guwahati.
The crisis began on December 2 after IndiGo struggled to adjust to new pilot duty rules, leading to widespread cancellations and leaving lakhs of passengers stranded. For days, the airline did not acknowledge the scale of disruptions. It was only on Friday—after cancelling a record 1,600 flights—that CEO Pieter Elbers issued a public apology. Meanwhile, the DGCA has extended to Monday evening the deadline for Elbers and COO Isidro Porqueras to respond to show-cause notices citing serious lapses in planning, oversight, and resource management.