Vacation plans ruined for Kingfisher airline passenger

Mumbai: Aalhad Wadekar (27), a product manager with a private company, who had booked a flight from Mumbai-Nagpur with Kingfisher Airlines exactly one month ago is still in Mumbai waiting for his ticket to his Diwali destination, Nagpur. Speaking to Newsline, Wadekar said, “Exactly one month back, on October 6, I had booked an 8 pm flight from Mumbai to Nagpur for November 6. Yesterday, when I called Kingfisher up to confirm the timing of the flight, I was told that the Mumbai-Nagpur service is not operational. I did not lose hope; as I knew that in case of any problems, the airline would surely provide me with some alternative transport.”
However, when Wadekar reached the airport, to his shock, the Kingfisher counter employee told him that they had arranged for him to travel on an Air Deccan flight, which was Mumbai to Nagpur via Ahmedabad! “The counter employee told me that as all other flights were full, I would have to travel in the Air Deccan flight, which would have taken me 7 hours as the flight was to Nagpur via Ahmedabad,” says a shocked Wadekar.
Needless to say, Wadekar refused the ‘offer’ made by the Kingfisher staff and decided to try his luck with the railways. “However, due to the festival season, I still have not been make any arrangements....” he said.
08/11/07 Jaidev Hemmady/Mumbai Newsline

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