Mumbai: As many as 463 air passengers were denied boarding while 4,837 were affected due to flight cancellations and another 30,712 faced flight delays in September, according to the data released by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
The airlines claimed to have paid Rs 97.52 lakh as compensation for it as per the law.
Jet Airways reported denied boarding to maximum number of 382 passengers, while that figure was 79 for Air India. In terms of flight cancellations, Air India topped the list with 1,929 passengers affected and Jet Airways came second at 1,129 passengers. Similarly, 415 passengers from SpiceJet, 610 from Air Costa, 151 passengers from AirAsia, 485 from Air Pegasus, and 70 from GoAir also faced flight cancellations.
For flights delays of more than two hours, Air India, which has one of the worst on-time performance among airlines, once again topped the list, with 19,755 passengers affected. Low-cost carrier IndiGo came a distant second with 3,992 passengers getting affected. Rival low-cost carrier SpiceJet with 1,825 passengers affected was at number three. Jet Airways was at number four with 1,542, followed by GoAir 1,156, Air Costa 592, AirAsia 856, Vistara 108 and Air Pegasus 864.
21/10/15 Shahkar Abidi/Daily News & Analysis
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The airlines claimed to have paid Rs 97.52 lakh as compensation for it as per the law.
Jet Airways reported denied boarding to maximum number of 382 passengers, while that figure was 79 for Air India. In terms of flight cancellations, Air India topped the list with 1,929 passengers affected and Jet Airways came second at 1,129 passengers. Similarly, 415 passengers from SpiceJet, 610 from Air Costa, 151 passengers from AirAsia, 485 from Air Pegasus, and 70 from GoAir also faced flight cancellations.
For flights delays of more than two hours, Air India, which has one of the worst on-time performance among airlines, once again topped the list, with 19,755 passengers affected. Low-cost carrier IndiGo came a distant second with 3,992 passengers getting affected. Rival low-cost carrier SpiceJet with 1,825 passengers affected was at number three. Jet Airways was at number four with 1,542, followed by GoAir 1,156, Air Costa 592, AirAsia 856, Vistara 108 and Air Pegasus 864.
21/10/15 Shahkar Abidi/Daily News & Analysis
