The situation was like that of all the airport bus stands across the country in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad and Kolkata. There is an atmosphere of chaos at the airport. No one is able to understand anything, whom to ask questions, what to do, where to go? People sat helplessly at the airport in confusion. It can be clearly seen in many videos that people say that they want to go home too, but the airlines had taken away their bags containing valuables. However, last night DGCA has issued a so-cause notice to IndiGo, while the government has issued an advisory to control the skyrocketing fares due to the cancellation of IndiGo flights.
December 7, 202509:57 IST
IndiGo Crisis LIVE: 5th day of crisis at Delhi airport, how is the scene now?
IndiGo Crisis LIVE: There are still some people at Terminal One who are stranded due to flight cancellation. Mohammad Gulab, who came from Saudi Arabia, has to go to Guwahati, but he is here since yesterday evening. Their one year old child is ill. Had to come to India in emergency to see him. He had a flight to Guwahati at 7:45 this morning, but it has been cancelled. Similarly, another person who had come from Mandi, Himachal, had to join his duty in Itanagar yesterday, he is also stranded here. The ticket counter is also crowded with people. Anil Iran’s daughter was to reach Delhi from London via Goa but she is worried due to the change in that too. Here, a much bigger picture is visible at Terminal One of Delhi Airport. Passengers whose flights have been cancelled. It is a big challenge for the airline to deliver these bags along with refund to all the passengers.
December 7, 202509:31 IST
IndiGo Crisis LIVE: Leave Delhi Airport, situation of IndiGo becomes normal
IndiGo Crisis LIVE: Today the situation of IndiGo at Delhi’s Terminal 2 is absolutely normal and peaceful. Not a single IndiGo flight is visible canceled on the entire departure board, all flights are green and most are running on time. There is normal crowd at the counters, no commotion or angry passengers are visible. Even after 115 cancellations in Hyderabad, it still seems as if last week’s crisis never happened at T2. Flights to Goa, Pune, Ahmedabad, Lucknow etc. operating from T2 are operating absolutely smoothly. Today is the best day for those traveling here.
December 7, 202508:47 IST
IndiGo Crisis LIVE: Relief news, only 4 flights from Delhi cancelled.
IndiGo Crisis LIVE: There is a clear improvement in the situation of IndiGo at Delhi’s T3 terminal today. Only four flights are visible on the flight information display as canceled – to Nagpur, Jammu, Amritsar and Aizawl. Everyone else on board is looking green, there is no crowd at the counters, there is relief on the faces of the passengers. After the chaos of the last five days, this scene seems no less than a big relief. Looks like IndiGo has finally taken care of the crew and schedule. There is good news for those traveling today – most of the flights are running on time.
December 7, 202508:18 IST
IndiGo Crisis LIVE: Fares reduced in many cities, fare below Rs 10 thousand
IndiGo Crisis LIVE: Air fares have rapidly regained stability after the central government implemented the fare cap and showed strictness. Currently, the cheapest tickets for the next three days on the Delhi-Mumbai route are available starting at ₹6,135, Delhi-Bengaluru at ₹6,363, Delhi-Pune at ₹5,495, Delhi-Kolkata at ₹8,595 from December 8 and Delhi-Chandigarh at just ₹3,223 from December 9. Last week, the same routes had increased from 20-30 thousand to 70-90 thousand. Now the fares in most cities have come below Rs 10,000. Passengers are also feeling relieved.
December 7, 202508:11 IST
IndiGo Crisis LIVE: 115 flights canceled even today, thousands of passengers stranded
IndiGo Crisis LIVE: There is news of cancellation of 115 Indigo flights at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on Sunday i.e. 7th December. In this, 54 arrival and 61 departure flights were cancelled. Thousands of passengers remained stranded at the airport for the fifth day. There were long queues at the counters since morning, ruckus by angry passengers and delays in baggage collection, while no advance notice or adequate staff deployment from IndiGo made the situation worse. More than 2,000 IndiGo flights have been canceled across the country and Hyderabad remains one of the most affected airports.
December 7, 202508:07 IST
IndiGo Crisis LIVE: Government fixed flight fares according to distance
IndiGo Crisis LIVE: Late last night, the Civil Aviation Ministry has taken a big step and provided relief to the troubled passengers. Due to the increase in demand for other flights due to the IndiGo crisis, an advisory has been issued to curb the huge increase in fares. In this, the Ministry of Government of India has fixed the fare according to the distance. Let us see what fare has been fixed by the government. According to the order of the Ministry (Order No. 01/2025), now no domestic flight will charge more fare than the given list. However, this order of the government also has some conditions. The base fare issued by the government is exclusive of User Development Fees, Passenger Service Charge and taxes. Also, these rules will not apply to business class and RCS-UDAN flights. The fare cap will remain in place until market fares stabilize or the next review takes place. Besides, all airlines have also been instructed to maintain ticket availability in every bucket and increase capacity on surge sectors.
Base fare decided by the government
- ₹7,500 for distance up to 500 kilometers
- ₹12,000 for 500-1000 kms
- ₹15,000 for 1000-1500 kms
- For distance more than 1500 km, base fare will not be more than ₹ 18,000.
