IndiGo Cancels 24 Flights at Ranchi Airport
Adverse weather disrupts 12 flight rotations; Air India Express service also affected
- IndiGo cancelled 24 flight movements at Ranchi airport.
- Adverse weather affected 12 scheduled flight rotations.
- Air India Express cancelled one Bengaluru-Ranchi service.
- Passengers were advised to check with airlines for updates.
GG News Bureau
Ranchi, 26th Sept: IndiGo cancelled 24 flight movements at Birsa Munda Airport in Ranchi on September 25 due to adverse weather conditions, affecting 12 scheduled flight rotations comprising 12 arrivals and 12 departures.
The cancelled services connected Ranchi with Kolkata, Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Patna and Delhi, according to the airline.
Among the affected services were IndiGo flights 6E 7561/7562 on the Kolkata-Ranchi-Kolkata route, 6E 6484/6799 on the Pune-Ranchi-Bengaluru route, 6E 421/398 on the Hyderabad-Ranchi-Hyderabad route and 6E 6087/6088 on the Mumbai-Ranchi-Mumbai route.
Other cancelled rotations included services on the Ahmedabad-Ranchi-Patna, Delhi-Ranchi-Delhi, Patna-Ranchi-Ahmedabad and Bengaluru-Ranchi-Pune routes, besides another Kolkata-Ranchi-Kolkata service.
IndiGo advised passengers to remain in touch with the airline for the latest updates on their flights.
An Air India Express flight IX 1239/1244 operating on the Bengaluru-Ranchi-Bengaluru route was also cancelled due to operational reasons.
Another Air India Express service, IX 1046 from Delhi to Ranchi, arrived at 9:56 am against its scheduled arrival time of 8:40 am. Flight IX 1047 from Ranchi to Delhi departed at 10:52 am instead of its scheduled departure time of 9:10 am.
Passengers have been advised to check with their respective airlines for updated flight information.
The disruption at Ranchi came days after IndiGo flight 6E 04, operating from London to New Delhi, returned safely to London Heathrow Airport after a technical issue was detected shortly after take-off on September 22.
According to IndiGo, the pilots followed standard operating procedures and decided to return to Heathrow, where the aircraft landed safely.
