New Delhi: Low-cost carrier IndiGo cancelled 65 flights on Tuesday, a day after the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) grounded 11 A320 Neo aircraft with faulty engines after a mid-air scare.
Of the 11 grounded planes powered by a specific series of Pratt & Whitney engines, eight belong to IndiGo and three to another budget airline, GoAir.
Flights to and from Delhi were among the worst hit, information available on Indigo’s website on Tuesday showed. Flights cancelled from Mumbai included those on Raipur, Indore and Delhi routes.
“We are proactively re-accommodating all our affected passengers on other flights. All affected passengers have been given the option to either choose another flight at no additional cost or cancel their booking and get a full refund without any cancellation charges,” a statement released by IndiGo said.
Flights to places such as Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Patna, Bhubaneswar, Amritsar, Cochin and Varanasi were also hit.