Hoping for a resolution, around 300–400 passengers stood in long queues at the IndiGo reservation counter at Terminal 1 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in Delhi, after the airline’s departures from the airport were canceled until Friday midnight.

While airport security staff tried to manage the crowd, passengers were visibly frustrated and helpless.

Amid the jam-packed terminal, filled with annoyed travellers, some tried to calm elderly passengers accompanying them, while others tended to multiple calls from worried family members.

“Mujhe nahi lagta hai aaj number aayega (I don’t think my turn will come today),” said one passenger to the person behind him before leaving the queue.

“We have reached the counter but there are 400 people in front of me. The flight I’m sup

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