Chaos as 550 IndiGo flights cancelled

The country's largest airline IndiGo Thursday cancelled more than 550 domestic and international flights, and services were delayed at various airports as operational disruptions continued for the third straight day, impacting travel plans of hundreds of passengers.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

On a day when the Ministry of Civil Aviation and DGCA held a meeting with senior IndiGo officials to take stock of the situation as well as the mitigation plans, the airline's CEO, Pieter Elbers, told the staff that normalising operations and bringing back punctuality will not be an 'easy target'.

The airline, which generally operates around 2,300 flights daily and presents its punctuality as a hallmark, recorded an on time performance of 19.7 per cent Wednesday, a steep fall from 35 per cent reported Tuesday.