Cyclone Murasu: 12 flight services cancelled at Vijayawada; Visakhapatnam flights hit

An IndiGo aircraft on the tarmac at the Vijayawada airport. Twelve flight services to and from the city were cancelled on Monday ahead of Cyclone Murasu’s landfall. File | Photo Credit: G. Ramakrishana

Twelve flight services of IndiGo and Air India Express to and from Vijayawada have been cancelled on Monday (November 2, 2026). Krishna district, where the airport is located, is on red alert. Severe cyclonic storm Murasu is expected to cross the south Andhra Pradesh coast tonight.

At 8.30 a.m., the storm lay about 160 km east-southeast of Nellore, moving west-northwest at 22 kmph, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. It is likely to cross the coast between Nellore and Narsapur, south of Ongole, between 11.30 p.m. on Monday and 4 a.m. on Tuesday. Winds could gust up to 120 kmph.

✈️ The following two flights scheduled today stand cancelled due to Cyclone MURASU: • IX 2413/2414 – VTZ–VGA–VTZ • IX 2405/2406 – HYD–VGA–HYD Passengers are advised to check with their respective airlines for updates. @AAI_Official @AAIRHQSR @MoCA_GoI @DGCAIndia @pibvijayawada

— Vijayawada International Airport (@aaivjaairport) November 2, 2026

IndiGo has cancelled its flights between Vijayawada and Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, Kurnool, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Mumbai for the day. According to the airport authorities, the cancelled IndiGo services are: 6E 7730/6E 7304 (Visakhapatnam-Vijayawada-Chennai), 6E 7215/6E 7708 (Bengaluru-Vijayawada-Tirupati), 6E 6263/6E 6327 (Hyderabad-Vijayawada-Hyderabad), 6E 7707/6E 7216 (Tirupati-Vijayawada-Bengaluru), 6E 7305 (Chennai-Vijayawada-Kurnool), 6E 7223/6E 7224 (Bengaluru-Vijayawada-Bengaluru), 6E 2580/6E 2581 (Hyderabad-Vijayawada-Hyderabad), 6E 7306 (Kurnool-Vijayawada-Chennai), 6E 5158/6E 5127 (Mumbai-Vijayawada-Mumbai) and 6E 7247/6E 7246 (Bengaluru-Vijayawada-Bengaluru).

Air India Express has cancelled two services: IX 2413/2414 (Visakhapatnam-Vijayawada-Visakhapatnam) and IX 2405/2406 (Hyderabad-Vijayawada-Hyderabad).

Visakhapatnam flights hit

At the Visakhapatnam airport, five IndiGo flights had been cancelled by late morning, according to the airport’s flight information page. They are the flights to and from Hyderabad (6E 714 and 6E 716) and Tirupati (6E 7701 and 6E 7702), and the flight to Vijayawada (6E 7730).

The morning IndiGo flights from Mumbai and Chennai landed more than three hours late. Their return flights, shown as diverted on the airport’s page, are now expected to leave at 1 p.m. instead of before 8 a.m. The flight to Hyderabad (6E 6645) has also been delayed. Most other services, including those to Delhi, Bengaluru and Abu Dhabi, were operating.

Published - November 02, 2026 12:18 pm IST