Last Updated:December 05, 2025, 13:41 IST The sudden fare spike comes at a time when thousands of passengers are scrambling for alternatives after IndiGo halted all its domestic departures from Delhi and Chennai. Airfares shoot up as IndiGo disruption created mayhem on Day 3. Passengers already reeling from IndiGo’s unprecedented wave of cancellations are now facing a fresh blow—one-way airfares on key domestic routes have surged to eye-watering levels, making last-minute travel from the capital almost impossible for many. On Friday, as more than 700 IndiGo flights were cancelled across major hubs, flight aggregators showed fares that stunned travellers. A New Delhi–Chennai one-way ticket shot up to ₹65,985, while the New Delhi–Mumbai route, one of India’s busiest, climbed to Rs 38,676 for a single journey. Even the Delhi–Kolkata route crossed Rs 38,699, with only a handful of seats left. The sudden fare spike comes at a time when thousands of passengers are scrambling for alternatives after IndiGo halted all its domestic departures from Delhi and Chennai till midnight. With the country’s largest airline operating at …