Budget carrier IndiGo cancelled as many as 47 flights on Tuesday after the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) grounded its eight A320 Neo planes with faulty Pratt & Whitney engines, along with three such aircraft of GoAir.
The airline put out the action on its website.
The flights that have been cancelled are from Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Patna, Srinagar, Bhubaneswar, Amritsar, Srinagar and Guwahati, among others.
IndiGo grounds three A320s
The DGCA cracked the whip after an IndiGo flight bound for Lucknow returned to Ahmedabad within 40 minutes of its getting airborne due to a engine failure on Monday.
Citing safety of aircraft operations, the Director of the DGCA, in the March 12 order, said that A320 Neos fitted with PW1100 engines beyond ESN 450 have been grounded with immediate effect. Three other IndiGo A320 Neo planes have been on the ground since February, following similar engine problems.
Hundreds of passengers stranded
On Monday, hundreds of passengers were stranded across the country as dozens of flights were cancelled by IndiGo and GoAir following the grounding of 11 planes.
IndiGo operates about 1,000 flights daily.
IndiGo carries about 40 per cent of domestic flyers, while GoAir has a market share of around 10 per cent.
