IndiGo flights cancellation, delays: Rahul Vaidya forced to spend Rs 4.2 lakh on Goa-Mumbai tickets; Mahesh Babu’s stepbrother Naresh says ‘filth’

The fun of Flying ended in the 90s 🥹. Reached in time at HYD Indigo terminal at 8:15 AM. All Indigo flights delayed . Packed food by then to eat in the flight. Shopping & rush back to see a full scale battle between the ground crew and passenger. Filth🤬. To make matters worse,… pic.twitter.com/rj7bCArbgD

— Naresh Vijaya Krishna (@ItsActorNaresh) December 3, 2025

The actor continued, “To make matters worse, humans have developed scanners. They are able to identify actors with sunglasses and masks. No privacy guarantee of time. I wish I had a Time Machine to go back to 90s . Safe Indian airlines (then) & worse . Flights hv bcme cess pool for bacteria)masks must.”

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Taking to her Instagram handle, Nia Sharma shared a video and shared, “Its the most chaotic day at the airport. People are stuck. I have just gotten the most expensive domestic flight ticket and I still don’t know if I am going to make it to my destination. So, hoping for the best,” she said. The text on the clip read, “My team of 4 are taking 3 different flights to one destination.”

Nia Sharma’s Instagram Story

Along with a photo of another airline’s boarding pass, the actor wrote, “My boarding pass is for 54K, and its a domestic travel.” Thanking a friend, she posted a selfie and captioned it as, “Thanks for getting me on this flight however you did it…now hoping you all make it too.. hair makeup and clothes ke bina kya hi kar loongi mein (what will I do without hair, makeup, and my outfit).”

Nia Sharma’s Instagram Story

Nia Sharma’s Instagram Story

Without naming the airline, Rahul Vaidya also expressed his frustration, revealing he might miss his show in Kolkata tonight. “One of the worst days to fly! And we have a show in Kolkata tonight.. and still don’t know how we are going to reach there!” he wrote, with a distressed selfie of himself. He shared another story holding many boarding passes of Goa to Mumbai flight, revealing it costed him a total of Rs 4.2 lakhs. 

Rahul Vaidya’s Instagram Story

Rahul Vaidya’s Instagram Story

Reason behind IndiGo flight disruption

As per news agency PTI, the country’s largest airline, Indigo, cancelled more than 100 flights on Wednesday, at different airports. The operational issues because of crew shortage, led to schedule adjustments and cancellations for the next 48 hours to normalise again.

Indigo is India’s largest airline, accounting for over 60 per cent of India’s domestic air traffic. It has been hit hard by crew shortages after the new Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) came into play. These account for the new crew rest and duty rules, ensuring the staff gets ample rest time.

However, the airline has been caught napping with over 200 Indigo flights being cancelled on Wednesday and similar experience being reported by flyers on Thursday. Only 19.7 per cent of its flights operated on time on Wednesday, down from 35 per cent on Tuesday, and around 50 per cent on Monday.