Indigo flight status highlights: Airline cancels nearly 220 flights in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru today

The latest DGCA order stated that in view of passenger inconvenience caused due to large-scale disruptions in the operations of IndiGo Airlines at various airports across the country, it has been decided to constitute an Oversight Team with the following Members:

(i) Capt. Vikram Sharma, Dy. CFOI(A)

(ii) Capt. Kapil Mangalik, SFOI(A)

(iii) Capt. V.P Singh, SFOI(A)

(iv) Capt. Apoorva Agarwal, SFOI(A)

(v) Capt. Swati Loomba, SFOI(A)

(vi) Capt. Aman Suhag, SFOI(A)

(vii) Capt. Nitya Jain, FOI(A)

(viii) Capt. N. J. Singh, FOI(A)

“The primary focus was on Passenger issues. Refunds, baggage delivery, cancellations and passenger support were thoroughly reviewed,” MoCA said after the meet.

“Clear directions issued to fast-track all passenger-related issues. Coordination among all stakeholders has been strengthened across airports to ensure quicker resolution of grievances. Passenger convenience remains the topmost priority,” the ministry added.

Speaking on disruptions of operations, PTI quoted IndiGo Chairman Vikram Singh Mehta, “On December 3, unexpected chain of events led to large-scale flight cancellations.”

IndiGo submitted its updated flight schedule to DGCA after the government reduced its winter schedule by 10 per cent, PTI reported, citing people aware of the development.

DGCA officials to carry out on-site inspections of IndiGo operations at 11 airports. These airports include Nagpur, Jaipur, Bhopal, Surat, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Shirdi, Cochin, Lucknow, Amritsar and Dehradun.

According to PTI, 21 flights were cancelled at Mumbai airport.

Flight operations at Jammu Airport have remained stable and minimally affected despite IndiGo flight cancellations across the country, reported PTI.

Ten flights at the Patna Airport have been cancelled on Wednesday, PTI reported, citing Airport Director Chandra Pratap Dwivedi. However, he did not clarify whether all these cancelled flights were of IndiGo.

The airline had cancelled 460 flights from six metros on Tuesday, PTI reported.

Around 61 flights at Bengaluru airport were cancelled, including 35 arrivals and 26 departures on Wednesday, PTI reported.

The airline cancelled 137 flights at Delhi Airport on Wednesday, PTI reported.

IndiGo cancelled nearly 220 flights at Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru airports on Wednesday, PTI reported.

Amid ongoing flight cancellations, senior officials of the Ministry of Civil Aviation conducted surprise inspections of some airports with heavy air traffic today, ANI reported.

Madhu Sudan Shankar, the Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, visited Mumbai airport and observed that 780 bags will be returned to passengers, with 90 of these to be dispatched by tomorrow.

"780 pieces of baggage are available at the airport, and 90% of them will be dispatched to the people by tomorrow," he told ANI.

Delhi High Court raised concerns over airlines charging skyrocketing airfares amid the IndiGo crisis.

“How could other airlines take advantage of the situation, charge hefty sums for tickets? ” PTI quoted Delhi HC.

The DGCA has summoned IndiGo's CEO to appear before it tomorrow at 4 pm and present comprehensive data and updates relating to recent operational disruptions, HT reported.

Cancellations of IndiGo flights continued for the ninth consecutive day with over 70 fresh cancellations, most of them at the Bengaluru airport, the Hindustan Times reported.

According to ANI, "Disruptions continued for the 9th consecutive day on Wednesday, with Bengaluru seeing cancellations of 35 arriving and 26 departing IndiGo flights. Besides, 10 flights set to depart from the Ahmedabad airport were cancelled.

India's domestic carrier SpiceJet plans to add up to 100 additional daily flights during the current winter schedule, aiming to ramp up operations and ensure adequate capacity in the aviation market amid the ongoing IndiGo disruption.

"We are witnessing strong and growing demand across key routes this winter, and look forward to ramping up operations to ensure adequate capacity in India's aviation market. As part of this effort, we plan to introduce up to 100 additional daily flights during the current winter schedule, subject to regulatory approvals," said SpiceJet, as per news agency ANI.

On the IndiGo crisis, SP leader and MP Ram Gopal Yadav says, "People need to think why this whole thing happened. It happened after an order of the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The airline's flight schedule has been cut by 10%. Now, who will get this 10%? Tata will get it."

Amid ongoing flight disruptions at Indian airports on Tuesday, Congress leader KC Venugopal claimed that "hidden things are happening" and demanded an answer from the government on the exact action to be taken to alleviate the people's troubles.

"There are hidden things happening in this matter. There should be an investigation. We need a full answer on what action to take. People in our country are troubled," Venugopal told reporters outside Parliament.

The Airline Pilots' Association of India (ALPA India) has been invited to Parliament by the Parliamentary Standing Committee to present its concerns on Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL), pilot fatigue and growing safety risks in the aviation sector.

In an official statement, the organisation said, "ALPA India has been officially invited by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture to present pilots' concerns on FDTL non-compliance, duty-time violations, and operational stress."

Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu said IndiGo will continue serving all its destinations despite operating on a curtailed schedule.

He said the airline will adhere to the reduced roster introduced to stabilise operations.

The minister added that passenger connectivity across the network will remain fully intact.

Congress leader Supriya Shrinate, while speaking to news agency ANI, slammed IndiGo amid the ongoing flight disruptions, saying that its flights are available for the owners of the Goa nightclub, where a massive fire killed 24 people on Saturday night.

"The IndiGo flights are not working for regular passengers, but the nightclub in Goa, which did not have a license and where 25 people died, they ran off to Thailand through IndiGo flights... There is such a big monopoly in the aviation sector that you (the aviation minister) had to kneel," she said.

The Jammu division of Northern Railways on Tuesday announced a special Vande Bharat train between New Delhi and Udhampur for three days starting December 12, to facilitate stranded passengers in the wake of frequent flight cancellations, an official said.

Chaos prevailed at Jammu and Srinagar airports over the past few days after most IndiGo flights from the two aerodromes were cancelled, triggering protests by stranded passengers.

"Jammu Division operates special trains in emergency situations for the convenience and safety of passengers. Currently, due to increasing number of passengers caused by frequent flight cancellations, the division has decided to operate a special Vande Bharat train between New Delhi and Shaheed Captain Tushar Mahajan (Udhampur)," Senior Divisional Commercial Manager Uchit Singhal said.

Mumbai Youth Congress activists demonstrated on Tuesday outside Terminal 2 of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport against disruptions in IndiGo services and hardships faced by thousands of air travellers.

Led by Mumbai Youth Congress president Zeenat Shabreen, party workers raised slogans and demonstrated inside the terminal, accusing IndiGo of arbitrary flight cancellations, prolonged delays, lack of information to passengers and "humiliating behaviour" by staff.

"This is not just negligence; it is an attack on passenger rights. We will not tolerate zero accountability from the country's largest airline while people suffer," said Shabreen.

Pieter Elbers is a Dutch airline executive who has been the CEO of IndiGo since 2022. According to his profile on IndiGo's official website, he has over 30 years of industry experience.

The IndiGo crisis brought the spotlight on Chief Executive Officer Pieter Elbers, who issued apologies over the flight cancellation controversy.

IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers was summoned once again by the Aviation Ministry on Wednesday to brief the officials on the ongoing disruption in airline operations, Union Minister of Civil Aviation Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu informed on Tuesday, 9 December. Taking to social media platform X, the minister said the IndiGo CEO informed the ministry that refunds for all cancelled flights until 6 December have been completed.

The minister also noted that a “strict instruction” has been conveyed to the IndiGo CEO regarding refunds. Ram Mohan Naidu also posted a picture of Pieter Elbers, sitting with folded hands in front of him.

“Today again, @IndiGo6E CEO Pieter Elbers was summoned to the Ministry to provide an update. He confirmed that 100% of the refunds for flights affected till 6th December have been completed. A strict instruction to expedite the completion of the remaining refunds and baggage handover was given,” Ram Mohan Naidu said.

Indigo Flights Status LIVE: India's aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday, 9 December 2025, directed IndiGo to submit a revised flight schedule by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 10 December 2025.

DGCA also said that the airline does not have the ability to operate the current schedules in an efficient way, hence the regulator directed the airline to cut down on 10% of its flight operations across the sectors.

“The airline has not demonstrated an ability to operate these schedules efficiently. Therefore, it is directed to reduce the schedule by 10% across sectors, especially on high-demand, high-frequency flights, and to avoid single-flight operations on a sector by IndiGo,” said DGCA in its recent statement.

Madhu Sudan Shankar, joint secretary at the Ministry of Civil Aviation, stated that the cities most affected by IndiGo flight disruptions on Tuesday included Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Kochi, Goa, and Lucknow.

Civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu stated that the ministry deems it necessary to reduce IndiGo’s overall routes, “which will help in stabilising the airline's operations and lead to reduced cancellations.”

He added in a post on X, “A curtailment of 10% has been ordered. While abiding with it, IndiGo will continue to cover all its destinations as before.”

Crisis-ridden IndiGo on Tuesday claimed that the airline is back on its feet and operations are stable, even as it keeps addressing all customer needs.

"IndiGo is back on its feet, and our operations are stable. We've let you down when a major operational disruption happened, and we're sorry for that," Elbers said in a video message on Tuesday.

Congress MP Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy told news agency ANI, "The civil aviation minister is trying to say that IndiGo is coping up with the situation and it will come into normal functioning within a few days... Until now, he hasn't clearly explained where the system went wrong with the IndiGo and what action to take on IndiGo?"

"What compensation are they giving to the people... He didn't even answer whether there is any mechanism which is going to come into place to regularise the airfares... Otherwise, the people of this country will be exploited by airlines again and again. Major issues have not been answered. He only formally read what he had brought, a note, and then he just left. We walked out of the House because we wanted proper justification to be done to the people," he added.

In its latest press statement, IndiGo announced that it is operating over 1,800 flights on Tuesday, covering all 138 stations across its network. The airline also said it plans to operate nearly 1,900 flights on Wednesday, December 10.

“We have optimised our operations, and our on-time performance is also back to normal levels,” the statement added.

IndiGo has announced that it will deliver 8,500 stranded pieces of luggage to passengers by 7 pm on Tuesday. According to a statement quoted by news agency ANI, the airline has already completed baggage delivery at 49 of its 94 destinations.

IndiGo's chaotic cancellations left people missing appointments, exams -- even weddings -- but not their humour, as memes and jokes on the airline took off and landed right on time, unlike its flights.

Whether on Instagram, Facebook or X, the humour was in the air.

For many, it was a cheeky release of collective frustration at an airline that quickly became the butt of countless jokes, giving weary travellers a much-needed moment of comic relief amid the chaos.

One clip making the rounds on the internet shows passengers playing 'Chidi Udd' at the airport, and, no price for guessing, the unlucky loser was the one who lifted his finger for 'IndiGo'.

Then there’s another from yuvraj.dua, showing a man frantically packing everything for his flight -- a mattress, blanket, three tiffins, a bat for a potential Terminal 1 cricket match, and even a guitar that he can't play (but can always learn via YouTube at the airport).

When his wife asks why, he simply shrugs: "Arrey, IndiGo hai na."

Even at the risk of sounding a little dark, thousands of stranded passengers couldn't help but chuckle -- even if the jokes were squarely on them and their plight.

The funny people on internet were in full swing, churning out jokes by the dozen.

AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday alleged the Union government seems to be complicit in the massive disruptions of IndiGo services and the entire episode smacked of a "huge scam".

"The overall IndiGo episode and chaos at airports, which affected thousands of people...the whole world is watching India. This is India of the 21st Century, and it is supposed to be a modern India, and we can't even manage our own airlines," Kejriwal said while addressing a press conference.

IndiGo has faced significant operational disruptions in the first week of December, with a total of 905 flights cancelled and 1,475 flights delayed by more than 30 minutes between 1st and 8th December.

The ongoing IndiGo flight disruptions have sparked outrage, with a Bengaluru entrepreneur publicly criticising the airline after her siblings were unable to attend their father’s funeral.

In the LinkedIn post, Manjari Ranasaria shared the emotional ordeal, describing how relatives from out of town could not be present. “We fielded calls where each one of them was sobbing, feeling helpless for not being able to say farewell and pay their final respects,” she wrote.

Ranasaria directed her frustration at IndiGo, adding, “So, IndiGo, you can take your (non) apology and burn it. And to every system that allowed this to happen, I just want to say that the people of this country deserve better.”

IndiGo cancelled 422 flights from six metro airports on Tuesday, as the disruption in the crisis-hit airline prolonged for the eighth consecutive day, according to sources.

Of the 422 flights cancelled, Delhi Airport witnessed 152 flight cancellations and 121 at Bengaluru Airport, they said.

The number of IndiGo flight cancellations at Hyderabad stood at 58 and 41 in Mumbai, sources said.

IndiGo also cancelled over 50 flights from the Chennai Airport, they noted.

Meanwhile, the government has announced a 5 per cent reduction in the number of IndiGo flights during the ongoing winter schedule and decided to give them to other airports following the airline's failure to operate the approved schedule.

The Gurugram-based carrier, which commands over 65 per cent of India's total domestic traffic, had cancelled over 560 flights from six metro airports alone on Monday.

IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers said the airline has gradually increased operations after the disruptions earlier this week. On December 5, the carrier managed to operate only around 700 flights, but this rose to 1,500 flights the next day. The number increased further to 1,650 flights on December 7, and on Monday (December 8), IndiGo operated 1,800 flights.

He added that Tuesday’s schedule also saw the airline operating more than 1,800 flights.

“As of yesterday, we are back to flying to all our 138 destinations in our network, and our on-time performance has also been normalised,” Elbers said.

Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu on Tuesday said that the flight operations were stabilising fast with airports reporting no "crowding or distress". He said that the safety in Civil Aviation remains non-negotiable.

Naidu while speaking in the Lok Sabha said that IndiGo operated 1,800 flights yesterday, compared with merely 706 on December 5, suggesting the situation was expected to improve.

"I would like to inform the House that the disruption caused by IndiGo's operational failures is now rapidly stabilising. IndiGo's daily flight count, which had fallen drastically to 706 on December 5, recovered to 1,800 yesterday and is expected to rise further today. All other airlines continue to operate smoothly across the country. The airports are reporting normal conditions, without crowding or distress. Refunds, baggage tracing, and passenger's support measures remain under supervision by the Ministry," Naidu said while addressing the Lok Sabha.

Visuals from Chennai International Airport, where IndiGo passengers continue to be stranded amid flight disruptions and cancellations.

So far, 152 flights have been cancelled at Indira Gandhi International Airport — comprising 76 departures and 76 arrivals.