Cyclone Nivar: Indigo airlines cancel 24 flights to and fro Chennai- Check flight details
Chennai, Nov 25: In a recent development, in view of cyclone Nivar, Indigo airlines has cancelled as many as 24 flights from and to Chennai, Tamil Nadu due to heavy rain caused by Cyclone Nivar. The cyclonic storm, which is expected to intensify into a "very severe cyclonic storm" is all set to make landfall around Puducherry on Wednesday night.
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As many as 24 flights (12 arrivals and 12 departures) have been cancelled as heavy rain lashed the city ahead of Cyclone Nivar landfall. Most of them are flights using small aircraft ATR-72. In total 49 flights have been cancelled.
"Forty-nine flights that were scheduled for tomorrow have been cancelled. We will monitor the situation and decide on the further course of action for November 26," said IndiGo.
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Here is the full list of 24 flights that are cancelled to or from Chennai
Cancelled departures
a.
6E7143
to
Trichy
at
7am
b.
6E7183
to
Tuticorin
at
8.35am
c.
6E7986
to
Hubli
at
8.40am
d.
6E7228
to
Tuticorin
at
11.15am
e.
6E7686
to
Kozhikode
at
11.25am
f.
6E7185
to
Tuticorin
at
1pm
g.
6E7232
to
Mangalore
at
1.45pm
h.
6E6188
to
Bengluru
at
2.45pm
i.
6E7208
to
Vijayawada
at
4.30pm
j.
6E516
to
Bengaluru
at
7pm
k.
6E7942
to
Kannur
at
7.10pm
l.
6E7215
to
Trichy
at
8.35pm
Cancelled arrivals
a.
6E7144
from
Trchy
at
9.55am
b.
6E7184
from
Tuticorin
at
12.25pm
c.
6E7987
from
Hubli
at
1.10pm
d.
6E7229
from
Tuticorin
at
3.20pm
e.
6E7186
from
Tuticorin
at
4.55pm
f.
6E6189
from
Bengaluru
at
5.40pm
g.
6E7139
from
Mangalore
at
6pm
h.
6E7135
from
Varanasi
at
8.05pm
i.
6E517
from
Bengaluru
at
10.20pm
j.
6E7151
from
Trichy
at
11.25pm
k.
6E7943
from
Kannur
at
11.30pm
Meanwhile, the Airports Authority of India has urged passengers to contact the airline for details.
On the other side, SpiceJet and GoAir has also issued an alert saying that the cyclone Nivar might impact flight operations and cancellations will be intimated to passengers through sms/email.