New Delhi: With summer break set to be over in exactly a fortnight,
there is a mad scramble to fly back to Delhi from three cities with
critically short runway airports — Leh, Patna and Jammu. The directorate
general of civil aviation's (DGCA) directive to IndiGo, SpiceJet and
GoAir to fly their planes 15% to 20% empty out of these short runways in
this grueling heat for safety reasons has meant a spate of
cancellations.
Neither Air India nor Jet Airways are in a position to absorb the cancellations of the three airlines. As a result, there are no seats on certain sectors or fares have shot through the roof. "When cancellations like this happen, flyers have to be adjusted in flights on subsequent days. This leads to blocking of seats on flights for several days and so there are no seats available on some sectors for a few days," said a source.
For instance, getting just one Leh-Delhi seat before the summer break gets over means shelling out anywhere upto Rs 31,000 — for a one-way ticket. And the only options are to fly to Delhi via Jammu as all direct flights to Delhi are sold out. Similarly, Jammu-Delhi and Patna-Delhi one-way fares are about 15%-20% higher at about Rs 7,000 each.
Read news in full 20/06/14 Times of India
Neither Air India nor Jet Airways are in a position to absorb the cancellations of the three airlines. As a result, there are no seats on certain sectors or fares have shot through the roof. "When cancellations like this happen, flyers have to be adjusted in flights on subsequent days. This leads to blocking of seats on flights for several days and so there are no seats available on some sectors for a few days," said a source.
For instance, getting just one Leh-Delhi seat before the summer break gets over means shelling out anywhere upto Rs 31,000 — for a one-way ticket. And the only options are to fly to Delhi via Jammu as all direct flights to Delhi are sold out. Similarly, Jammu-Delhi and Patna-Delhi one-way fares are about 15%-20% higher at about Rs 7,000 each.
Read news in full 20/06/14 Times of India
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