IndiGo cancels Srinagar, Jammu & other flights for May 13

NEW DELHI: An IndiGo Delhi-Amritsar flight on Monday evening returned to Delhi. A few other commercial flights also rerouted to avoid overflying that area. Multiple sources say a blackout in Amritsar led to IndiGo 6E, which had taken off from Delhi at 8.26 pm, returning to the national capital where it landed around 9.15 pm. The blackout was reportedly caused by suspected drone activity in the region.Following this, IndiGo said late on Monday night, flights to & from Jammu, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Leh, Srinagar and Rajkot “are cancelled for May 13 in light of the latest developments and with (passenger) safety as out utmost priority.”“No flights are going up north for Monday night. Anyway Srinagar and Jammu did not get night flights. Amritsar was to get this flight which has been sent back to Delhi,” said sources.Meanwhile, the notice to airmen (NOTAM) of Pakistan barring Indian aircraft from its airspace and of India barring Pakistan planes from its is still in effect. “That has not been withdrawn by both the countries. So Indian flights to and from the west will continue taking the longer route,” said officials.