BackMumbai rains: IndiGo leads cancellations from Mumbai airport for 2nd day; 350 flights delayed
As per Flightradar24 data, as many as 271 arrivals and 71 departing flights were affected ThursdayIndiGo in a statement said it was sending staff from other stations to normalize its Mumbai operations
PremiumHeavy rains continue to lash Mumbai and adjoining areas today resulting in water-logging at many places in the city. All schools and junior colleges have been ordered to remain shut today as a precautionary measure. The weather department has predicted heavy rain in Mumbai today. As per a live flight-tracking website, 14 incoming and 18 outbound flights were cancelled on Thursday. Catch all the latest updates on Mumbai rains here:
32 flights cancelled
Heavy rains lashing the city since the weekend continued to hit flight operations from the city Thursday, leading to 32 cancellation, mostly of IndiGo, and over 350 flight delays.
Of the cancelled flights, 18 were departures and the rest 14 were arrivals, as per the live flight tracking website Flightradar24.
The GVK group-run airport operator did not provide any update except the one in the morning when in brief statement, it claimed that "operations are normal".
On Wednesday as well, operations were hit as 455 flights were delayed and around 20 were cancelled, with most of them again by Indigo due to the heavy rains that brought the city to a grinding halt.
IndiGo was even forced to suspend operations at the Mumbai airport Wednesday night as it did not have required manpower to operate them, as per a source.
As per Flightradar24 data, as many as 271 arrivals and 71 departing flights were affected Thursday.
Indigo in a statement said it was sending staff from other stations to normalize its Mumbai operations.
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