India, Dec. 7 -- Mumbai Airport on Saturday witnessed the cancellation of 146 flights of IndiGo Airlines (70 arrivals and 76 departures) in the carrier's ongoing crisis. A spokesperson of Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) said that a host of measures were put in place to ease the crisis-despite space constraints at the airport, special parking arrangements were made to accommodate approximately 25 grounded IndiGo aircraft while the problems of stranded passengers were sought to be ameliorated with additional chairs, complimentary refreshments and additional personnel being deployed at both terminals to facilitate passenger movement.

A major outcome of the upheaval has been its cascading effect on the tourism industry. "Nearly 2...