MUMBAI: Low-cost carrier IndiGo cancelled at least 60 flights on Saturday over pilot shortage even as Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and ministry of civil aviation were silent. In the past one week, IndiGo cancelled a few hundred flights, forcing thousands to change travel plans.
On Wednesday, IndiGo stated that due to weather problems and temporary runway closures, it would cancel 30 flights per day in February and March. These account for 2% of their operations, it said. On Thursday, IndiGo said the 30 cancellations per day don’t include those on account of runway closures. That is, if there were more than 30 cancellations, it was due to runway closures. But such runway closures are planned months in advance, with adequate notice to airlines. On Friday, the airline acknowledged it was facing a pilot shortage.
