4th day of operational normalisation at IndiGo? Airline expects to complete 2,000+ flights today

IndiGo -- the country's largest airline -- said it is set to operate more than 2,000 flights on Friday, continuing to make progress towards returning to normal flight operations. The carrier said it is "demonstrating continuous operational normalisation and stability" for the last four days.

IndiGo also said it is currently operating as per its revised scaled-down winter schedule as submitted to DGCA this week.

"All our 138 operational destinations are connected, and our on-time performance has been consistently normal as per IndiGo standards... Yesterday, we operated over 1,950 flights with just four cancellations, due to unfavourable weather, with all affected customers promptly informed to avoid inconvenience," an IndiGo spokesperson said.

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"We have informed all our airport partners to publish the new flight schedules of the adjusted network on terminal screens to avoid any confusion," added the spokesperson.

According to the airline’s day-wise operational data:

With that, the airline's operations appeared to have gradually returned to normal following several days of disruption that impacted thousands of passengers.

IndiGo's Network fully reconnected, operations stabilised

On Thursday, the IndiGo spokesperson said that all the destinations in its network were fully connected from December 8, with operational stability from December 9, stating that the steady improvement reflects incremental gains across its operations.

Business Impact: IndiGo cuts Q3 guidance

On Wednesday, IndiGo reported a downward revision in its guidance for capacity and passenger unit revenue in the October-December period, citing significant disruption in operations.

Here's a summary:

• Capacity guidance from cut high teens percentage growth in available seat kilometres (ASK) to high single to early double digit percentage growth
• Passenger unit revenue projection lowered from flattish to slight percentage growth to mid-single digit percentage downward moderation

Available seat kilometers is an important metric that gauges an airline's total passenger carrying capacity, whereas passenger unit revenue determines an airline's revenue generation efficiency.

It also said that the revision would leave an impact on its capacity guidance for the third and fourth quarters of the financial year. "We are in the process of complying with the DGCA notice and will provide impact on our capacity guidance for Q4FY26 and FY26 subsequently," it noted.