Foggy weather in Delhi is not the only reason airlines are keeping passengers stranded at the city airports during the year-end.
In reality, incapable pilots, non-compliant aircraft, and tantrums by crew members have hampered nearly 70 per cent of the total flight operations in the Capital over the past six days.
On December 24, Jet Airways diverted Delhi-bound flight S2 4315 as the pilots were not trained to operate it under poor weather conditions. Similarly, Air India diverted a flight on Christmas Day as the plane was not CATIIIB compliant.
Airlines are also giving bizarre reasons for cancellation of flights. On December 26 and 28, Lufthansa cancelled international flights LH 761 and LH 736 due to Christmas celebrations.
“Due to last-minute cancellations, almost 500 passengers headed for Frankfurt and Munich suffered losses. The airline gave a strange reason for these cancellations - Christmas celebrations,” a senior airport official told Mail Today.
Apart from incapable pilots and ill-equipped aircraft, passengers are also reportedly facing problems due to moods of the crew.
On December 26, Air India delayed flight AI 213 following late reporting by the crew.
According to the officials, passengers were stuck at terminal-3 for hours due to non-availability of crew members.
“Bad weather in Delhi is not the actual reason for almost 70 per cent of the delayed flights. Most of the time, flights are delayed, cancelled or diverted due to airlines’ own reasons. But, airlines escape easily by blaming bad weather in Delhi,” a senior airport official said.
30/12/14 Ankur Sharma/Daily Mail
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In reality, incapable pilots, non-compliant aircraft, and tantrums by crew members have hampered nearly 70 per cent of the total flight operations in the Capital over the past six days.
On December 24, Jet Airways diverted Delhi-bound flight S2 4315 as the pilots were not trained to operate it under poor weather conditions. Similarly, Air India diverted a flight on Christmas Day as the plane was not CATIIIB compliant.
Airlines are also giving bizarre reasons for cancellation of flights. On December 26 and 28, Lufthansa cancelled international flights LH 761 and LH 736 due to Christmas celebrations.
“Due to last-minute cancellations, almost 500 passengers headed for Frankfurt and Munich suffered losses. The airline gave a strange reason for these cancellations - Christmas celebrations,” a senior airport official told Mail Today.
Apart from incapable pilots and ill-equipped aircraft, passengers are also reportedly facing problems due to moods of the crew.
On December 26, Air India delayed flight AI 213 following late reporting by the crew.
According to the officials, passengers were stuck at terminal-3 for hours due to non-availability of crew members.
“Bad weather in Delhi is not the actual reason for almost 70 per cent of the delayed flights. Most of the time, flights are delayed, cancelled or diverted due to airlines’ own reasons. But, airlines escape easily by blaming bad weather in Delhi,” a senior airport official said.
30/12/14 Ankur Sharma/Daily Mail
