IndiGo cancels 130 flights for today

Acute shortage of pilots along with NOTAMs at some airports forced IndiGo to cancel around 130 flights for Friday, a source said. The cancelled flights account for almost 10 per cent of the airline's operations, the source said. The Gurugram-based budget carrier operates over 1,300 flights per day with a fleet of 210 planes. "IndiGo has cancelled around 130 flights for Friday as it continues to face shortage of pilots," the source said. A query sent to IndiGo spokesperson and also to its chief operating officer Wolfgang Prock-Shauer remained unanswered. The budget carrier has been cancelling flights since last Saturday after rain and hailstorm hit the Delhi-NCR region last week.