IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers, in his first statement since the crisis began, on Friday acknowledged the severe operational disruptions affecting the airline over the past few days. He also revealed that over 1,000 flights were cancelled on December 5 alone.

Elbers confirmed that the widespread cancellations had been caused by a major reboot of the airline’s operational systems. "I want to share with you that we have experienced severe operational disruptions for the past few days. Since then, the crisis continues to aggravate, with today, December 5th, being the most severely impacted day with the number of cancellations well over a thousand or more than half of our number of daily flights," Elbers said in a video message to passengers. Advertisement

IndiGo, the country's largest airline, c

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