As many as sixteen flights to and from New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport were affected after rain lashed parts of the national capital on Monday evening. Flights to and from Mumbai are also impacted due to bad weather and air traffic congestion.
IndiGo, Vistara and SpiceJet informed passengers on social media regarding delays and diversions of flights.
Vistara’s Guwahati-Delhi Flight (UK742) and nine other flights were diverted to Jaipur, three to Lucknow, two to Amritsar and one to Ahmedabad airport.
“We are facing ATC congestion at Delhi (DEL) due to bad weather. All departures/arrivals and their consequential flights might be affected. Passengers are requested to keep a check on their flight status,” a statement by SpiceJet read.
ANGRY PASSENGERS SLAM AIRLINES ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Passengers expressed their anger against airlines on social media platform X after delays and diversions of flights.
Anxiety is growing among @IndiGo6E passengers bound for #Patna, #Lucknow, #Jammu, #Surat from Delhi (T-2), as all flights are getting delayed by an hour or so. There is no info from airlines on reasons for delay. #MoCA, @JM_Scindia #Indigo
— savitaz hunkar (@SavitazH97289) November 27, 2023
@JM_Scindia Sitting in Vistara UK 910 for more than 2 and a half hours without take off. Captain saying Delhi raining and thunderstorm but no such thing happening there, as checked from weather data. Passengers feelingcrestive, some feeling sick. Please intervene and help.
— santosh sinha (@tosh1003) November 27, 2023
@airindia @RNTata2000
Air India PNR: 5P4GQH from Kolkata to Delhi has been diverted to Jaipur.
We have to catch another Air India connecting flight from Delhi to Dubai at 20:15 hrs. But we are stuck at Jaipur Airport.
Pl. Look into the matter.— KANAI LAL MITRUKA (@KLMITRUKA) November 27, 2023