Of these, 124 flights (63 departures and 61 arrivals) were cancelled at Bengaluru airport and 109 flights — 51 departures and 58 arrivals — at Mumbai airport
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IndiGo has cancelled over 400 flights from four major airports on Saturday (December 6, 2025), a day after managing to temporarily secure major relaxations in the second phase of the court-mandated new flight duty and rest period norms for the cockpit crew, sources said.
Of these, 124 flights (63 departures and 61 arrivals) were cancelled at Bengaluru airport and 109 flights — 51 departures and 58 arrivals — at Mumbai airport, they said.
The number of cancellations at Delhi airport stood at 106, including 54 departures and 52 arrivals, the sources said, adding that 66 flights have been cancelled by IndiGo at Hyderabad airport.
On Friday (December 5), when IndiGo cancelled over 1,000 flights from across airports, IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers, after maintaining a stoic silence over the grave crisis for three days, apologised in a video message for the major inconvenience caused to passengers due to the disruptions.
In the one-way video communication, Mr. Elbers also said that the airline was expecting fewer than 1,000 flights on Saturday (December 6).
It may be mentioned here that on Friday (December 5), DGCA provided temporary relief to IndiGo, which is partially owned by Rahul Bhatia, by way of rolling back the night duty definition to 12 a.m.-5 a.m/ from 12 a.m.-6 a.m. earlier, and allowing its pilots to do six night-landings from two earlier, besides other relaxations.
It is worth noting that IndiGo was the first carrier to oppose the new FDTL norms for pilots when they were introduced in January 2024, with a March implementation timeline. The norms were originally to be put in place in March 2024.
IndiGo resumes 9 flights from Jammu Airport, cancels 7 from Srinagar
IndiGo on Saturday (December 6, 2025) announced the resumption of nine of its 11 flights from the Jammu Airport, but cancelled seven flights from Srinagar, owing to the nationwide disruptions caused by the airline’s pilot-rostering issues.
The resumption of flights from Jammu brought much-needed respite to travellers who were left stranded at the airport after a series of cancellations. On the contrary, a total of eight flights — seven operated by IndiGo — stood cancelled at the Srinagar International Airport.
The airline was scheduled to operate 36 flights from the Srinagar airport on Saturday, 18 inbound and 18 outbound, officials said.
However, owing to rostering issues, IndiGo cancelled seven arriving and as many departing flights, they said, adding that to and fro movement of another flight from a separate airline was also cancelled.
Further details were awaited, the officials said.
Published – December 06, 2025 12:05 pm IST
