CHENNAI: IndiGo has canceled 24 flights – 12 arrivals and 12 departures – in Chennai due to heavy rains caused by cyclone Nivar, which is scheduled to make landfall around Puducherry on Wednesday night.
Most of them are flights using small ATR-72 aircraft.
Canceled departures
6E7143 to Trichy at 7 a.m. M., 6E7183 to Tuticorin at 8.35 a.m. M., 6E7986 to Hubli at 8.40 a.m. M., 6E7228 to Tuticorin at 11:15 a.m. M., 6E7686 to Kozhikode at 11:25 a.m. M., 6E7185 to Tuticorin at 1:00 p.m. M. at 2.45 pm, 6E7208 to Vijayawada at 4.30 pm, 6E516 to Bengaluru at 7 pm, 6E7942 to Kannur at 7.10 pm and 6E7215 to Trichy at 8.35 pm
Arrivals canceled
6E7144 from Trchy at 9.55am, 6E7184 from Tuticorin at 12.25pm, 6E7987 from Hubli at 1.10pm, 6E7229 from Tuticorin at 3.20pm, 6E7186 from Tuticorin at 4.55pm, 6E6189 from Bangalore at 5.4135pm, 6E7 Mangalore at 6E7135 from Mangalore Varanasi at 8.05pm M., 6E517 from Bengaluru at 10.20 p.m. M., 6E7151 from Trichy at 11:25 p.m. M., 6E7943 from Kannur at 11:30 p.m. M.
The Airports Authority of India has urged passengers to contact the airline for more details.
SpiceJet has issued an alert saying that the cyclone It could affect flight operations from Chennai and Vijayawada and cancellations will be reported to passengers via sms / email.
GoAir has also urged passengers to view the status of flights, while Vistara has issued an advisory telling them that flights to and from Chennai may be affected and that people should arrive early at the airport.
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