Chennai, Dec. 6 -- Chennai Airport witnessed major disruptions on Saturday as a total of 48 flights scheduled to operate till tonight were cancelled, affecting passengers travelling to key domestic destinations, including Mumbai, Hyderabad, Delhi, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Ahmedabad, Visakhapatnam, Andaman, Lucknow, Pune, and Guwahati.

According to airport authorities, IndiGo, the airline operating most of the affected flights, has announced that these cancellations are expected to continue until December 10. Flights to key eastern and southern destinations such as Kochi, Bhubaneswar, Patna, Thiruvananthapuram and Kolkata were also cancelled from the day's schedule, according to the airport authorities

Meanwhile, smaller ATR aircraft servi...