IndiGo leaves passengers stranded for third day as flight cancellations and delays continue

Mumbai: For the third day in a row, IndiGo left thousands of passengers stranded at check-in counters and boarding gates across the country for hours on end with no updates on their flight status. At the Mumbai airport, IndiGo cancelled 118 flights on Thursday, and most of its departures ran late by 2-3 hours or more. The worst hit were passengers who bought expensive air tickets on Thursday for emergency travel the same day, only to find themselves stranded at the airport for hours.

“The cancellations included 74 departures and 44 arrivals,” said an aviation source. With IndiGo cornering 65% of the domestic market share, the effect of its large-scale disruption was plainly visible on the airfares.