More than 50 pilots and cabin crew of IndiGo are now stuck in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, and Mumbai as the government has withheld permission to ferry flights to bring them back to their bases.
AirAsia India has two pilots from its Bengaluru base stranded in Kolkata, while SpiceJet and Vistara said all their crew members returned to their bases on Tuesday after the suspension of all domestic operations on Tuesday midnight.
The suspension excludes domestic and international cargo services and flights specifically approved by the government.
IndiGo operated over 800 flights on Tuesday, more than half of its normal