Always late: AI’s Amritsar-Delhi flight

Amritsar: When Air India decided to discontinue its direct Amritsar-Toronto flight service from October 31, diverting it via Delhi, locals had staged large-scale protests in anticipation of inconvenience. They did not know their fear would come true from Day One of the new arrangement, with the flight never taking off or landing on time in the last fortnight.
At times, the delay is up to five hours, leading to agitations by passengers at both Terminal-3 of Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in Delhi and the local Sri Guru Ram Dass International Airport. The worst affected are the passengers who have to catch various other international flights from Delhi.
Earlier, Canada-bound passengers used to board the plane here after completing all immigration formalities. But now they have to change the plane in Delhi, losing hours in transit. “It is a nightmare to travel by this flight. I travelled to Delhi twice in the last one week and on both occasions the flight was late by three to four hours,” said Sukhjinder Singh Heir, a local resident.
23/11/10 Dharmendra Rataul/Indian Express

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