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NEW DELHI: Taking note of the days-long ordeal faced by passengers due to mass cancellation of IndiGo flights, the parliamentary panel on transport, tourism and civil aviation will soon summon all airlines and other stakeholders, including sector regulator DGCA and officials from aviation ministry. The panel, headed by Sanjay Kumar Jha of JDU, will not…
One additional AC three-tier coach would be provided for long distance trains operated on Saturday (File photo) | Photo Credit: SHAIKMOHIDEEN A To provide alternative transport for passengers affected by the cancellation of flights by IndiGo airlines, Southern Railway will operate special trains and provide additional air-conditioned coaches in some trains. A press release said, one…
Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP John Brittas, speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the winter session of the Parliament, in New Delhi. Photo: Sansad TV/ANI Video Grab CPI(M) MP John Brittas on Saturday (December 6, 2025) wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting the constitution of a Joint Parliamentary Committee or a judicial inquiry…
The IndiGo crisis has severely disrupted the travel plans of India’s domestic cricketers. The private airline has cancelled thousands of flights over the last couple of days due to a shortage of pilots after it failed to plan adequately for new rules limiting pilots’ work hours. With the country’s air travel crippled, most teams featuring…
The Railways announced 89 special trains across all zones to be operated in the next three days starting Saturday to help people facing travel disruptions due to the mass flight cancellations by IndiGo. In a coordinated move by the Railway Ministry, the trains, which are to make over 100 trips, were arranged in the shortest…
Airfares between Mangaluru and other important cities, including Mumbai, have almost tripled even as the Union Civil Aviation Ministry ordered keeping the flight duty time limitations (FDTL) orders of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in abeyance with immediate effect, on Friday. Mangaluru International Airport, in a statement here, said 18 flights, nine each arrivals…
Chaos prevailed among passengers as IndiGo’s flight disruptions continue at Kempegowda International Airport, in Bengaluru on December 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI The Bangalore International Airport Limited (BAL) which operates the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) has issued a passenger advisory for passengers travelling by IndiGo stating that all flights of the airline stands cancelled…
Stranded passengers search for their luggage near a counter after IndiGo cancelled more than 400 flights, at the Kempegowda International Airport, in Bengaluru, Karnataka, on December 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday (December 5, 2025) cleared IndiGo’s plea for exemption from night-duty limits for pilots. This…
Stranded passengers at the IndiGo counter after several flights were cancelled at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, in Mumbai, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Singapore’s High Commissioner to India Simon Wong on Friday (December 5, 2025) said that he was among the “tens of thousands” of passengers left stranded after widespread flight…
Stranded passengers at Indira Gandhi International Airport, in New Delhi, on December 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI IndiGo’s flight disruptions stretched into the fourth consecutive day on Friday (December 5, 2025) with several flights cancelled across multiple airports in the country. All Indigo flight departures from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport have been cancelled…
