IndiGo: Eight planes grounded
August 18, 2017  13:58
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IndiGo statement on the cancellation of flights: "There is misleading information being spread by a section of the media on IndiGo's flight cancellations. Eight Neos grounded, schedule already planned in the month of June on non-availability of these aircraft for July, August and September. No new flight cancellations have been made. The affected passengers have already been accommodated with suitable options."
 

PTI: InterGlobe Aviation-run budget carrier IndiGo today cancelled over 80 flights as the airline grounded more Airbus A320 Neo (new engine option) planes due to engine issues. A total of 667 flights were cancelled by IndiGo between June 21 and July 3 this year, with 61 flights cancelled on June 27 alone, due to the grounding of these planes.

IndiGo president and whole-time director Aditya Ghosh had during the post-Q1 earnings call on July 31 said that "regrettably, there have been days when we have had to ground as many as nine A320 Neo (planes) due to lack of spare engines. While we do receive certain compensation from Pratt & Whitney for these groundings, the operational disruptions are quite challenging and we are not happy with that situation."

The sources also said that of the 667 flights cancelled by IndiGo in 13 days, a total of 504 flights were cancelled between June 21 and June 30, while the remaining 163 were cancelled on the first three days of July.
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