All 8 IndiGo flights scheduled at Srinagar Airport for today cancelled

Srinagar, Dec 08: Just a day after Srinagar International Airport saw partial resumption of IndiGo flights, with 8 out of 11 flights operating on Sunday, all 8 flights of this airline scheduled to operate in the summer capital of J&K on Monday have been cancelled.

A Srinagar Airport spokesperson said the total number of scheduled flights of all airlines for Srinagar on Monday are 32, out of which 8 flights were that of IndiGo, which were cancelled due to the operational disruption being faced by the airline.

Notably, thousands of IndiGo flights across the country have been cancelled during the last one week, owing to pilots not turning up due to issues in the roster system. Today is the third day of air traffic being hit at the Srinagar Airport, while flight disruptions across the country have been witnessed for the last one week.

Aggrieved passengers said their travel plans have been badly hit. “I had booked a connecting IndiGo flight from Srinagar to Bengaluru today but I received a message from the airline on Sunday night saying the flight has been cancelled. I was offered rescheduling but would now prefer to travel once this fiasco is over,” said Abdul Aziz, a flyer.

The cancellation of IndiGo flights has led to skyrocketing airfares, with a one-way Srinagar-Delhi flight costing as much as Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000. Meanwhile, the Jammu Airport that saw 8 IndiGo flights operate on Sunday out of the scheduled 11 flights saw 1694 passenger arrival footfall and 1672 passenger departures, said an airport spokesman on its X handle.