Official data tabled in Parliament shows that more than 25,500 flights were canceled between January 2022 and September 2024, affecting 10.67 lakh passengers in the country. Bad weather was responsible for 41.56 percent of canceled flights.
In the 33 months after January 22, IndiGo canceled 15,464 flights or 60.53 per cent of the 25,547 flights canceled due to its huge turnover. This was followed by cancellation of 2,707 flights by Alliance Air, 1,934 flights by Air India and 1,731 flights by SpiceJet. These figures were presented in the Rajya Sabha by State Civil Aviation Minister Muralidhar Mohol. He was accomp.ed by CPI MP P.P. Were also. Was answering the question asked by Sunir. Sunir sought details on various matters including the cancellation, its reasons and compensation given to the affected passengers.
It is noteworthy that out of 25,547 flights canceled in 33 months, maximum 11,707 flights were canceled in the first nine months of this year. Last year, 7,427 flights were canceled and in 2022, 6,412 flights were canceled. Indigo had canceled 7,135 flights till September this year. Discussing the reasons, bad weather was responsible for the cancellation of 10619 flights. Talking about compensation, IndiGo, which had the highest number of flight cancellations, offered the lowest compensation among all the airlines. If we look at the return figures, his earning in 2022 will be only Rs 50 thousand. 18 thousand were spent. Not only this, nothing has been spent so far in 2023 and 2024.
