All 32 flights operating from Vizag airport cancelled due to Cyclone ‘Montha’

All flights, 32 in total, operating out of Visakhapatnam Airport were cancelled on Tuesday owing to the severe cyclonic storm ‘Montha’, said an official.

Visakhapatnam Airport Director N Purushottam said two Air India Express flights were cancelled on October 27.

” We operate 30 to 32 movements (flights) daily, domestic as well as international. Today, all those flights are cancelled,” Purushottam told PTI.

Except for the two cancelled Air India Express flights on Monday, he said the rest of the 30 flights were operated on October 27.

Further, he said the airport has taken precautions to shield it from the severe cyclonic storm in line with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) guidelines, covering the pre-cyclone and post-cyclone phases.

Vijayawada Airport has operated five flights and cancelled 16 flights today.

“Yesterday (Monday) there was only one flight cancellation to Vizag. But today, 16 flights were cancelled to various destinations, including Delhi and Mumbai,,” Vijayawada Airport Director Lakshmikanth Reddy said.

According to Reddy, the airlines have decided to suspend operations for today, adding that clarity could emerge by evening about tomorrow’s flight operations.

Similarly, four flights were cancelled in Tirupati airport.

Meanwhile, 120 trains were cancelled in total on Monday (October 27) and Tuesday (October 28) across the South Central Railway (SCR) Zone, said a railway official.

Published on October 28, 2025