Another flight diverted to ferry IPL team

Mumbai: While the passengers of Air India’s Delhi-Coimbatore-Delhi flight were put on to different schedules on Tuesday, passengers of another AI flight last week were reportedly flown to their destination after an unscheduled transit stop in Jaipur to pick up IPL players.
According to reports, on April 12, Air India’s Delhi-Mumbai flight (IC-887) made an unscheduled stop at Jaipur to pick up Mumbai Indians, as the team was to play in Mumbai the next day.
Reports said the aircraft took off 45 minutes late from Delhi at 1pm. It landed in Jaipur at 2.20pm and after the Mumbai Indians boarded, flew to Mumbai much behind its arrival schedule at 3.05pm. Passengers were informed about the halt at Jaipur only after they boarded the aircraft in Delhi, said reports.
With charges of yet another AI flight being diverted, an Air India spokesperson said on Friday that diverting to Jaipur was part of its schedule for that day. ‘‘It was a scheduled operation via Jaipur. Passengers were informed about it at the time of flight booking,’’ the spokesperson said.
"Bookings for a flight can begin months in advance so how was it possible for the airline to inform passengers who booked themselves on IC 887 that this particular flight would be routed through Jaipur," said an official of the DGCA.
24/04/10 Times of India

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