MUMBAI: Faced with acute pilot shortage, low-cost airline IndiGo cancelled nearly 50 flights across the country on Wednesday. The country’s largest airline for domestic operations has now announced a curtailed schedule for February and March, with about 30 flights cancellations planned per day. The cancellations, which will hit over 2.3 lakh, began last week and are the worst ever operational disruptions that the 12-year old carrier has ever faced. “These 30 flights represent 2% of IndiGo’s flights,” the airline said.
On Wednesday, flights to/from Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata accounted for nearly half of all cancellations. Mumbai cancellations included 6E 236 to Bengaluru,6E 3834 to Chennai and in the arrivals category, 6E 831 from Guwahati, 6E 654 from Chennai and 6E 318 from Kolkata.
