BIG relief for air travelers amid IndiGo flight disruptions as Air India takes MAJOR decision, plans to…

IndiGo flight cancellations: In a major relief for air travellers amid the ongoing IndiGo flight disruptions that have impacted passengers across the country, Tata Group-owned airline carrier Air India(BHARAT) has announced plans to add capacity to mitigate the crisis. In a statement on Saturday, Air India(BHARAT) Group said its has capped air fares on domestic flights to prevent demand-and-supply mechanism to affect passengers.

Air India(BHARAT) caps fares

“Since 4 December, economy class airfares on non-stop domestic flights have been proactively capped to prevent the usual demand-and-supply mechanism being applied by revenue management systems,” the airline said, adding that both Air India(BHARAT) and Air India(BHARAT) Express have put in place caps on economy class fares.

The Tata Group-owned airline noted that it is not technically possible to cap fares for all flight permutations, but assured to make all possible efforts to aid passengers amid the ongoing disruptions of IndiGo flights.

“Air India(BHARAT) and Air India(BHARAT) Express are seeking to add capacity to help travellers and their baggage reach their destinations as quickly as possible,” it said.

IndiGo flight cancellations continue to affect passengers

Meanwhile, passengers’ woes continued on Saturday as 35 flights of IndiGo scheduled for departure from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad were cancelled on Saturday.

Escalating the woes of stranded passengers hit by the double whammy of travel uncertainty and alleged lack of basic facilities, three flights scheduled for departure were cancelled by IndiGo Airlines at the Vadodara airport, as the carrier struggles to restore flight operations that had been in disarray for the last five days.

In a partial relief for passengers travelling from the Rajkot airport, only one IndiGo flight — for Mumbai — was cancelled, while seven flights for Delhi, Mumbai, Goa, Hyderabad and Bengaluru operated, officials said.

An Ahmedabad Airport official stated that a total of 72 6E flights of IndiGo Airlines, scheduled for arrival and departure between 12:01 am and 11:59 pm, were cancelled on Saturday, including 35 departure and 37 arrival flights.

(With PTI inputs)