Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Flight delays affect over 43,800 passengers in July

New Delhi: As many as 43,818 passengers were affected by flight delays last month, with majority of them being Air India travellers, according to latest official data.

Besides, about 7,224 passengers were affected by cancellations while 505 were denied boarding in July.

Aviation regulator DGCA today said that 43,818 passengers were affected by delays in flights for more than two hours. Out of them, 26,934 were Air India passengers and 7,522 booked with IndiGo.
Around 2,771 passengers of Jet Airways and Jet Lite were affected while the number stood at 3,095 in the case of SpiceJet.

On account of delays, 1,001 passengers of GoAir were affected in July while the count stood at 1,961 for Air Costa, Vistara (313), AirAsia (130) and Air Pegasus (91).
18/08/15 PTI/Times of India
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