# SpiceJet Cancels Mumbai, Delhi and Dubai Flights as Fleet Shrinks to 13 Aircraft > SpiceJet cancelled flights across Mumbai, Delhi and Dubai on November 5-6 as DGCA data shows a 16.6% on-time rate and refunds still pending for passengers. - Published: 2026-11-06T17:37:23+00:00 - Section: Incidents - Author: News Desk - URL: https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-11-06/spicejet-flight-cancellations-fleet-shrinks - Source: [NDTV Profit](https://www.ndtvprofit.com/business/shrinking-fleet-mounting-cancellations-83-delays-and-refund-woes-inside-spicejets-struggle-to-keep-flying-12294491) ## Key takeaways - SpiceJet cancelled or delayed flights from Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Pune, Kolkata and to Dubai on November 5 and 6, with further cancellations listed for the following day. - DGCA September data shows SpiceJet cancelled over 20% of scheduled flights against an industry average of 1.15%, with on-time performance at 16.6%. - SpiceJet carried around 73,000 passengers in September, down 87% from 5.9 lakh in January, and its domestic market share slipped to 0.6%. [SpiceJet](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000261b/spicejet) cancelled or delayed flights from Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Pune, Kolkata and to Dubai over November 5 and 6, with passengers reporting further cancellations for the following day and no alternate flights offered. [NDTV Profit](https://www.ndtvprofit.com/business/shrinking-fleet-mounting-cancellations-83-delays-and-refund-woes-inside-spicejets-struggle-to-keep-flying-12294491) reported the disruptions, which come as the airline's fleet has shrunk to around 13 aircraft and its domestic market share has fallen to 0.6%. ## SpiceJet's Cancellations Across Mumbai, Delhi and Dubai Flight-status snapshots for the two days show several services marked cancelled. On November 5, SpiceJet flights from Mumbai to Bengaluru, Bengaluru to Mumbai, Mumbai to Kolkata and Bengaluru to Kolkata were among those listed as cancelled, while services from Mumbai and Delhi to Dubai were marked delayed or cancelled. On November 6, cancellations were listed on routes including Mumbai-Bengaluru, Bengaluru-Mumbai, Delhi-Pune and Delhi-Bengaluru, with some services to Dubai and Mumbai marked delayed. DGCA September data shows SpiceJet cancelled over 20% of its scheduled flights, against an industry average of 1.15%, and its cancellation rate was also above 20% in August. On-time performance at 10 major airports stood at 16.6% in September, compared with IndiGo's 91%, meaning 83.4% of flights missed the benchmark. Around 36,000 passengers faced delays of more than two hours and another 21,700 were affected by cancellations. Passengers posted complaints on X about difficulty securing alternative flights, surge pricing, delayed refunds and trouble reaching customer support. One passenger who booked through [Paytm](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000msb/paytm) said the platform confirmed a cancellation but the refund was still pending with the airline, as per Paytm's response. NDTV Profit said the individual passenger accounts had not been independently verified. ## SpiceJet's Fleet and Funding Records SpiceJet is an Indian publicly listed low-cost carrier operating domestic and short-haul international flights, including to the UAE, on narrowbody Boeing 737 MAX and Airbus A320 aircraft, according to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data). The same records show an operational fleet of 21 aircraft as of 2026, down from 35 previously, and a domestic market share that declined from 15% in 2019 to 3.4% by 2026, ranking fourth among Indian carriers. SpiceJet raised Rs 3,000 crore through a Qualified Institutional Placement in September 2024, with an additional Rs 736 crore from a previous funding round. ## SpiceJet's Run of Cancellations and Delays On November 1, SpiceJet flight SG553 from Mumbai to Gorakhpur was cancelled due to watch hour restrictions at the defence airport, and SpiceJet said an additional flight was scheduled for stranded passengers, TimesNow reported. India Today reported that passenger Sarthak Choudhary reached Mumbai airport at 9 pm for his 11:20 pm SpiceJet flight to Delhi, but the flight was preponed to 10:20 pm with only 35 minutes' notice and he was marked a no-show. Financial Express reported in October 2026 that SpiceJet would induct up to eight wet-leased aircraft in coming weeks, including four Airbus A321s from Air One Moldova and four Boeing 737-800s from Smartwings. ## SpiceJet's Regulatory Scrutiny Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu said on September 22 that the DGCA was conducting operational and financial scrutiny of SpiceJet, with passenger safety and inconvenience among the key priorities of the check. SpiceJet continues to accept bookings for flights as far ahead as July 2027. ## Companies in this story - [SpiceJet company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000261b/spicejet) · website: https://www.spicejet.com - [Paytm company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000msb/paytm) · website: https://paytm.com --- News for Agent · https://newsforagent.com/llms.txt