PANAJI
Dark clouds gather once again over Goa’s skies -- not from the monsoon, but from mounting operational strain -- as IndiGo pulled back a significant portion of its flight network from the State.
IndiGo has suspended six city routes from Goa with effect from Sunday, reducing its weekly departures as part of efforts to manage operational constraints. As many as 32 weekly flight operations have been cut short.
The affected routes include services from Manohar International Airport (Mopa) to Surat (once weekly), Bhubaneswar (three times weekly), Rajkot (seven times weekly), Vadodara (seven times weekly), and Chandigarh (seven times weekly). Additionally, the Bhopal-Goa International Airport (Dabolim) route, operating seven times weekly, has also been suspended.
According to sources, these cuts are part of a broader network adjustment aimed at streamlining operations amid crew shortages and changes in duty regulations.
This is not the first time the airline has faced turbulence. In December 2025, several flights to and from Goa -- across both Dabolim and Mopa airports -- were cancelled due to similar issues, including crew shortages and adverse weather conditions.
On one such occasion, 18 flights scheduled to operate from the two airports in the State were cancelled. Of the 37 flights planned from Dabolim, 10 were cancelled, while operations at Mopa were also impacted, with eight out of 25 scheduled IndiGo flights grounded.
