Nationwide Travel Chaos as IndiGo Cancels Over 400 Flights

India’s largest carrier, IndiGo, plunged into chaos on Friday as cascading crew-rostering failures triggered more than 400 flight cancellations nationwide. From Patna to Mumbai, Bengaluru, Ranchi and Raipur, irate passengers crowded ticket counters, slept on terminal floors and waited for hours with no clarity, many stranded for nearly three days, as the airline struggled to stabilise operations despite issuing revised schedules.

Updated on: 6 December 2025 3:46 pm

Stranded passengers at Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport following IndiGo flight cancellations, in Patna. | Photo: PTI

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Passengers gather to enquire at an IndiGo airlines counter amid flight cancellations, at Birsa Munda International Airport in Ranchi. India's largest airline IndiGo's operations crumbled as pilot-rostering issues continued to force large scale flight cancellations, over 400 on Friday. | Photo: PTI

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Passengers enquire about their IndiGo flight at a boarding gate at Kempegowda International Airport amid flight disruptions, in Bengaluru. IndiGo's operations crumbled as pilot-rostering issues continued to force large scale flight cancellations -- over 400 on Friday -- and many passengers have been stranded for as long as three days at airports. | Photo: PTI/Shailendra Bhojak

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Stranded passengers at Swami Vivekananda Airport, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Passengers were left stranded as IndiGo cancelled numerous flights while struggling to meet new crew rostering rules, a day after it scrapped several services and announced schedule adjustments. | Photo: PTI/Kunal PTI

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Passengers crowd an IndiGo reservations and ticketing counter after several flights were cancelled at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, in Mumbai. | Photo: PTI

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An IndiGo flight from Raipur lands at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport's Terminal 2, in Mumbai. Passengers were left stranded as IndiGo cancelled numerous flights while struggling to meet new crew rostering rules, a day after it scrapped several services and announced schedule adjustments. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil

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IndiGo disruptions: over 400 flights 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. | Photo: PTI/Shailendra Bhojak

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IndiGo crisis: Passengers at Jammu airport

Passengers wait at the airport, in Jammu. IndiGo on Saturday announced the resumption of nine of its 11 flights from Jammu Airport, but cancelled seven flights from Srinagar owing to the nationwide disruptions caused by the airline's pilot-rostering issues. | Photo: PTI

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IndiGo crisis: Stranded passengers at Chennai airport

Passengers at an IndiGo airline's counter at the airport, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Air travel across India remained in chaos on Friday as IndiGo, the country's largest airline, scrapped several hundred flights, leaving thousands of passengers stranded for several hours at a stretch with little clarity on alternatives. | Photo: PTI

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IndiGo crisis: Stranded passengers at Ahmedabad

Stranded passengers wait in queues to enquire about flight status at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport amid IndiGo flight disruptions, in Ahmedabad. | Photo: PTI

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