Chaos prevailed at some airports around the country as domestic flying resumed on Monday after a gap of two months. It is estimated that just a little over 400 of the over 1,000 flights that were originally cleared to operate took off on Monday.
Delhi-based low-cost airline IndiGo operated close to half of the over 400 flights a day for which it had received clearance from the authorities. IndiGo was followed by SpiceJet (about 81 flights) AirAsia (38 flights), AllianceAir (28 flights) and Air India and Vistara (20 each). Delhi airport was forced to cancel over 80 inbound and outbound flights on Monday.
Handling over 1,300 flights a day before the Covid crisis, Delhi is the nation’s busiest airport. On Monday, it had 118 aircraft arriving and 125 departing.
