Over 700 passengers stranded at Delhi airport as Lufthansa cancels flights worldwide

Germany’s flag carrier Lufthansa Airlines has cancelled 800 flights globally due to a one-day pilots’ strike, resulting in around 700 passengers being stranded at the T3 terminal at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA). Stranded passengers and their relatives registered strong protests on the intervening night of Friday at Delhi airport.

“An information was received at IGI Airport at 12.15 AM in which it was conveyed that crowd has gathered on the main road in front of Departure gate no. 1 Terminal 3 IGI Airport. On reaching the spot it was found that approx 150 persons were present there and because of this, the traffic moment was slowed down. The crowd was demanding for a refund of money or alternate arrangement to be made for their relatives who were present inside the Terminal building,” airport police said.