Flight operations back to normal after technical glitch

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Civil Aviation said on Saturday that flight operations in the country are back to normal a day after a global outage at Microsoft had a severe impact on the functioning of airlines and airports.

“Since 3 AM in the night, Airline systems across airports have started working normally. Flight operations are going smoothly now. There is a backlog because of disruptions yesterday, and it is getting cleared gradually. By noon today, we expect all issues to be resolved,” the Aviation Ministry said.

It added, “We are constantly monitoring the operations at our airports and also with the airlines ensuring travel readjustments and refunds are taken care of. We thank you for your patience.”

India’s largest airline IndiGo, which had cancelled 200 flights on Friday, said on Saturday that the global outage that led to operational difficulties is nearly resolved, and their teams have made significant progress in restoring normal operations. However, it added that customers may still experience delays and schedule disruptions over the weekend.