Multiple airlines have issued travel advisories as Mumbai's flight operations face significant disruptions due to heavy rainfall and poor visibility. According to the latest reports, IndiGo, Air India, Akasa Air, and SpiceJet have all issued travel advisories, urging passengers to check flight status before leaving for the airport as delays and disruptions are expected to continue. The airlines have specifically warned that flight schedules could be impacted due to the adverse weather conditions affecting Mumbai operations. IndiGo released a travel advisory stating that bad weather over Delhi and Mumbai has impacted flight schedules, with the airline assuring passengers that teams are working to get them to their destinations safely and smoothly. Akasa Air acknowledged that due to severe weather conditions in Delhi, certain flights across their network have been impacted, indicating the widespread nature of the disruptions across multiple airports.
Seventeen flights were cancelled and 217 others delayed at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport by 11.30am on Monday as heavy rain and poor visibility affected operations. Four IndiGo flights were cancelled and 13 aircraft of various air operators were diverted during the weather disruptions, with all diverted aircraft subsequently landing back safely in Mumbai. Delhi airport sources reported that a total of 15 flights, 10 domestic and 5 international, were diverted to Jaipur and Lucknow due to the adverse weather conditions. Air India flights AI 2963 (Delhi–Mumbai) and AI472 (Chandigarh–Mumbai) were diverted to Surat and Manohar International Airport in Goa, respectively. Airport sources also reported that pilots of 17 other flights carried out go-arounds before landing safely. The disruption on July 6 follows an even more severe day on July 5, when CSMIA was identified as the most disrupted airport globally on Flightradar24, with an average delay of around 50 minutes and nearly 22% of flights affected across the day.
The Indian Meteorological Department declared a red alert for rains in both Mumbai and Pune, forecasting extremely heavy rainfall and strong winds in the days ahead. As reported by NDTV Profit, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has also issued a public safety advisory urging residents to remain indoors unless absolutely necessary. According to Mumbai airport authorities, adverse weather conditions struck at approximately 10:17 hrs, with strong gusty winds reaching up to 42 knots and heavy rain reducing visibility. As a safety precaution, runway operations were temporarily suspended for a full hour between 10:17 am and 11:17 am after a combination of heavy rainfall, reduced visibility, and gusty winds of up to 42 knots compromised safety conditions. The suspension was lifted only after conditions improved sufficiently for operations to resume. The India Meteorological Department issued a red alert for Mumbai on June 5, 2026, and warned of heavy rains in the next 24 hours, raising the risk of traffic congestion and waterlogging in low-lying parts of the city.
The relentless rain also crippled one of India's busiest transport corridors after landslides and flooding forced authorities to suspend traffic on both the Mumbai-Pune Expressway and the old Mumbai-Pune Highway. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said nearly 100 tonnes of debris crashed onto the expressway, with one lane towards Mumbai later reopened after about 70 per cent of the debris was cleared. The Mumbai-Pune Expressway partially reopened after landslide clearance, but police urged commuters to postpone non-essential travel between the two cities. A major landslide occurred on the Missing Link section of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway near the Khandala exit, with rocks blocking the route. The Khopoli-Kusgaon Missing Link has been closed after the landslide, with traffic diverted until the situation normalises and all debris is cleared from the road. Traffic in both directions (Pune–Mumbai and Mumbai–Pune) has been stopped until further notice, as reported by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC). Relentless monsoon showers have triggered landslides at Varandha Ghat and near the entrance of Sinhagad Fort in Pune, prompting authorities to temporarily shut down tourist access to the fort and launch emergency clearance on a key highway.
At least 11 people have died in rain-related incidents across Maharashtra, with three members of a family killed when a pre-dawn landslide buried their home in Patan village in Pune's Maval tehsil, while eight others died in separate rain-related incidents in Mumbai, including six people — five of them children — killed after a four-storey building collapsed onto an adjoining shanty in Mankhurd. Two more people died in separate tree-fall incidents as powerful winds lashed the city. Maharashtra Disaster Management Minister Girish Mahajan said the scale of the weather system was unprecedented. "One month's average rainfall has been experienced in just four days. Metro services are running, and trains and buses are operating to a great extent, but wind speeds are unprecedented," he said. Authorities warned that wind speeds could increase to 70-90 kmph, posing further risks of falling trees and structural damage. Schools and colleges across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region remained closed as a precaution, while private offices were advised to allow employees to work from home wherever possible.
