New Delhi: India’s aviation sector is grappling with a fresh bout of operational turbulence, as technical outages and chronic staffing pressures converge to disrupt schedules across several carriers.

The latest disruption emerged on Wednesday morning, when check-in systems at multiple airports slowed or stalled, forcing airlines to switch to manual check-in and boarding procedures.

A message displayed at Varanasi airport attributed the issue to a “major service outage” affecting Microsoft Windows. The technology firm swiftly rejected the claim as “factually incorrect”, and real-time outage tracker Downdetector showed no surge in complaints. There was no immediate word from the airlines themselves, but the Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) acknowledged “operational challenges” affe

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