Live IndiGo Flight Cancellation: Passengers' ordeal continues as over 200 flights get cancelled today

The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) on Saturday ordered IndiGo to trace and deliver all passenger baggage separated due to flight cancellations or delays within the next 48 hours. Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu also directed the airline to clear all pending refunds for disrupted or cancelled flights by 8 PM on December 7.

SpiceJet has added 22 extra flights to its schedule for today, offering more travel options to passengers. The airline has released the updated list of routes for these additional services.

In a new statement issued on Sunday, IndiGo said its Board of Directors met on the very first day flight cancellations and delays began. The airline noted that the group has been meeting regularly and receiving constant updates from the management on efforts to restore normal operations. It added that board members, including those not part of the crisis group, have also been holding multiple discussions. IndiGo said the board is taking all possible steps to support affected passengers, ensure refunds, and provide waivers for cancellations or rescheduling during the disruption.

109 IndiGo flights have been cancelled at Delhi's IGI airport, said sources quoted by news agency PTI. 

According to news agency PTI, IndiGo had cancelled more than 800 flights on Saturday.

IndiGo has announced a complete waiver on all cancellation and rescheduling fees for passengers scheduled to fly between 5 and 15 December 2025. The move comes as part of the airline’s response to the ongoing crisis affecting travel plans across the region. Click here to read more.

MoS Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol says, "Pilots' Association had demanded that the duty hours should be reduced from 10 hours to 8 hours and for this, reforms be made to FDTL (Flight Duty Time Limitations). The Delhi High Court also gave its approval. After that, we alerted all airline companies in the country that we have to implement FDTL as per the High Court guidelines in two phases - from 1st July 2025 and from 1st November 2025. All airlines companies worked on this but IndiGo did not take it as seriously as it should have."

IndiGo Spokesperson says, "The Board of Directors of Interglobe Aviation Limited (IndiGo) met on the first day the problem of cancellations and delayed flights arose. The members received a detailed briefing from the Management on the nature and extent of the crisis. This meeting was followed up with a session confined to only Board members at which, it was decided to set up a Crisis Management Group (CMG) comprising amongst others the Chairman, Vikram Singh Mehta; Board Directors, Gregg Saretsky, Mike Whitaker and Amitabh Kant, and the CEO Pieter Elbers. This Group has been meeting regularly to monitor the situation and is being constantly updated by the Management of the measures being undertaken to restore normal operations. In addition, there have been multiple telephonic discussions, including with Directors who are not members of the CMG."

As per the current information available, 112 flights (Departure - 56; Arrival - 56) have been cancelled at the Mumbai airport so far.

The Ministry of Civil Aviation on Saturday mandated strict maximum fare ceilings for all domestic economy-class flights. Officials said the move was essential to safeguard passengers after days of mass cancellations and capacity shortages triggered by IndiGo’s operational crisis. The new fare limits effective immediately are based on distance bands. Click here to read more.

Visuals from Kolkata airport as passengers' ordeal continues at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata, West Bengal.

Arnav, a passenger from Kolkata, shared his ordeal after his flight got cancelled. He said, "My flight today has been cancelled, I got the information last evening itself. I had a flight to Kolkata today at 7.20 am. I came here to check about the availability of flights. IndiGo operations are almost shut."

The IndiGo has cancelled 11 flights (Arrival: 5, Departure: 6) at the Tiruchirappalli International Airport, according to news agency ANI.

Passengers at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati continue to wait after their flights get cancelled.   

India's aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has issued a stern show-cause notice to IndiGo’s Chief Executive Officer on Saturday (December 6). The notice holds the CEO accountable for a week-long operational crisis that stranded thousands of passengers nationwide and forced the cancellation of nearly 1,000 flights in a single day. This represents one of the DGCA’s toughest regulatory actions in recent times. Click here to read more.

IndiGo has said that it has reestablished 95 per cent network connectivity, while continuing to apologise to commuters over the cancellation of flights. "The main objective was to reboot the network, systems, and rosters so that we could start afresh today with a higher number of flights, improved stability, and there are some early signs of improvement," it said in a statement.

A senior government official has said that the Centre will take appropriate action against IndiGo as per the findings of the inquiry committee. "Appropriate action will be taken depending on the findings of the inquiry panel, which is to submit its report in 15 days," the official told PTI.

The Indian Railways has stepped in to help IndiGo commuters and has announced that it will operate 89 special trains across all zones from Saturday. "The number of special trains and their trips might increase further depending on the traffic scenario. All zones have been asked to make use of all available resources, including rolling stock as well as manpower, to safely operate these trains for the convenience of lakhs of passengers stranded at different parts of the country due to flight cancellations," said Dilip Kumar, Executive Director, Information & Publicity, Railway Board.

The DGCA on Saturday issued a show cause notice IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers and sought an explanation from him over the flight disruption. "As the CEO, you are responsible for ensuring effective management of the airline but you have failed in your duty to ensure timely arrangements for conduct of reliable operations and the availability of requisite facilities to the passengers," the notice read.

The IndiGo has cancelled 115 flights (54 arrivals and 61 departures) on Sunday at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Hyderabad, Telangana.  

At the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, the airline has cancelled eight flights so far.

At the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in Delhi, IndiGo has cancelled six flights so far. Besides, several other flights have also been rescheduled.