IndiGo Dispatches Relief Flight As Hundreds Remain Stranded In Istanbul
NDTV
Thousands of passengers continue to be impacted by technical issues faced by IndiGo flights on the Istanbul-India sector.
Thousands of passengers continue to be impacted by technical issues faced by IndiGo flights on the Istanbul-India sector. As hundreds of passengers scheduled to fly to India remain stranded in Istanbul, IndiGo will fly a relief aircraft, which will likely bring the fliers back in around 20 hours.
In the last two days, two IndiGo flights - Istanbul-Delhi and Istanbul-Mumbai - were cancelled without arrangements for an alternative flight or accommodation, leaving passengers in a lurch. Several other flights on the sectors were also delayed, likely causing fliers to miss onward connections on Turkish Airlines with whom IndiGo has a codeshare.
IndiGo runs Boeing 777 aircraft on these sectors, which can seat over 500 passengers. In a statement, the airline said passengers on the Istanbul-Delhi 6E12 flight were accommodated on other aircraft to their destinations. It also noted that stranded passengers were given hotels to stay in - either at the airport or outside - depending on whether they had e-visas to enter Turkey.
