Now, IndiGo cutting wide body Europe & UK flights too

NEW DELHI: After its narrow body operations, IndiGo will now cut its Europe & UK flights mounted on wide body aircraft too. Copenhagen flights will be suspended till further notice from Feb 17. The airline says its twin aisle operations have “faced external operational constraints; continuously changing airspace constraints due to geo-political circumstances and congestion at airports both in India and abroad.” These factors have “significantly increased flight and block times causing strain over the airline’s (Boeing) 787-9 schedule that is operated with six wide-body aircraft.”

To avoid “inconvenience to customers due misconnections and cascading delays, IndiGo has decided to take some immediate measures to restore operational reliability in terms of on-time performance for its widebody operation.” IndiGo has wet leased (hired with operating crew) Boeing 787s from Norse Atlantic.