Tickets cancelled, tourists stay away from Mumbai

Kolkata: The Terror attacks in Mumbai has jeopardised the plans of the travel-loving Kolkatans. Tourists are cancelling their scheduled visits to the West coast en masse.
“Almost every passenger, who was going to Mumbai in the coming days, cancelled his ticket,” said Devesh Agarwal, Managing Director of Victoria Travels, a leading tour
operator in the city. “Not just Mumbai, nearly 25 per cent trips to all the destinations have been cancelled,” he added.
M A Rashid runs a ticketing centre in Park Street. “Business has been hit hard in the last 24 hours and nearly 95 per cent tickets to Mumbai have been cancelled,” he said.
Sources at Jet Airways said they have already experienced a 20 to 22 per cent cancellation in tickets in the last 24 hours.
An official at Air India, however, said there has been no cancellation till now in any of their flights to and fro Mumbai.
Spice Jet officials also said there have been no passenger cancellations so far and they are extending special services to those travelling to and fro Mumbai.
29/11/08 Indian Express

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Nov 2008