Mumbai rains leads to flight cancellations again; check your flight details here

Heavy rains have once again taken a toll on airline operations. From the main runway at Mumbai airport being closed off to flight cancellations here's all you need to know.  

Mumbai rains leads to flight cancellations again; check your flight details here
Representational image of heavy rains. Image Source: IANS
By ZeeBiz WebTeam
Updated: Wed, Sep 20, 2017
01:08 pm
Mumbai, ZeeBiz WebDesk
RELATED NEWS
Flight cancellation, delay update: Bad weather conditions force cancellation of 22 flights Flight cancellation, delay update: Bad weather conditions force cancellation of 22 flights
Want to upgrade to business class? Air India will now let you bid for seats Want to upgrade to business class? Air India will now let you bid for seats
Flight timings to be extended at Jammu, Srinagar airports Flight timings to be extended at Jammu, Srinagar airports
'Himachal to arrange special flights as Rohtang pass closed 'Himachal to arrange special flights as Rohtang pass closed
New system may help reduce flight delays: Study New system may help reduce flight delays: Study

Key Highlights

  • The main runway at Mumbai airport has been closed off till 2pm today.
  • Jet Airways has cancelled 118 flights to and from Mumbai.
  • Airlines have waived off penalties for no shows and flight changes for passengers travelling on September 20.

Heavy rains in Mumbai that continued since Tuesday evening have impacted flight operations once again. Last month a bout of heavy rainfall in the city also led to the cancellation and delay of flights right up till the next day.

Mumbai has reportedly received 210 mm rainfall with its suburbs witnessing 303mm in the last 24 hours.

Owing to the heavy rains, a SpiceJet flight carrying 183 passengers overshot the main runway at the Mumbai airport and got stuck in the loose soil. The Varanasi to Mumbai plane landed at 10:05 pm on runway 27. The company said that all passengers were deplaned safely.

The runway will be closed off for maintainance till 2pm today.

Lack of runway availability and predictions of heavy showers in the next 24 hours by the IMD has impacted operations of airlines like IndiGo, SpiceJet and Jet Airways.

In a tweet, Jet Airways put out a list of 118 flights that now stand cancelled.

“In lieu of the main runway not being available at Mumbai airport till 1400 hours on Sep 20, 2017 the following flights have been cancelled. We continue to closely monitor the situation in Mumbai. Guests are advised to check flight status before leaving for the airport,” Jet Airways said.

Click here to see the full list of all the flights cancelled by Jet Airways.

“Weather has improved, however, flights to/from Mumbai are still getting effected due last night weather disruption followed by unavailability of runway. Kindly check flight status via our mobile app, goindigo.in or SMS ST(space)flt no(Space)date of travel as DDMM to 566772,” IndiGo said.

SpiceJet also put out a few tweets to advise passengers to check flight availability before embarking on their travel plans.

Airlines have waived off penalties for flight changes, refunds and no shows on the back of multiple flight cancellations.

“We will allow guests the convenience to amend their travel plans as required, with a waiver on penalties for date/flight change, refund and no shows. Guests may choose to re-book themselves on to alternate flights (with an allowance of one date / time change without any penalty) by contacting our Contact Centre or their travel agent(s). The waiver is applicable on all confirmed tickets issued for travel on Sep 20, 2017 for flights into and out of India,” Jet Airways said.

“In view of Runway Closure/ Weather in Mumbai , we are offering full refund on No-show requests. And waiver in change/cancellation fee for passengers travelling to/from Mumbai dated 20th Sep’17,” SpiceJet said.