IndiGo’s 905 cancellations and 1,475 delays plunge Mumbai airport into week-long chaos for 2.6 lakh flyers
A bruising week of operational turbulence at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport left more than 2.6 lakh IndiGo passengers grappling with cancellations, long delays and cascading disruptions across the network, according to data shared by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Between December 1 and 8, IndiGo recorded 905 cancellations and 1,475 delays exceeding 30 minutes on flights linked to Mumbai. The fallout was immediate and severe: 40,789 passengers were hit by outright cancellations, while another 2,66,567 travellers were delayed, reflecting one of the sharpest single-airline disruptions at the country’s second-busiest airport in recent years.
