Pune: The temporary grounding of Jet Airways flights has left V V Ravi Kumar, the deputy director at the Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, high and dry.
“Jet operated two flights from Pune to Chennai and their timings were good for me. One used to take off from Pune at 4pm and reach Chennai at 5.40pm. The other was at 8.40pm. With these flights gone, I am in a problem. Apart from an IndiGo flight in the afternoon hours, the rest fly to Chennai late in the evening or in the night,” he told TOI.
The city has lost direct connection to many cities following Jet’s temporary closure of operations. While close to eight of the total 18 slots belonging to the grounded airline have been taken over by other airlines, the absence of direct connectivity to places like Chandigarh, Indore and Coimbatore, among others, is posing problems to travellers.
“Last week, I was trying to book a ticket from Pune to Chandigarh. I was shocked to find that there were no direct or connecting flights. Among the options, one was to travel to Delhi and then take a flight to Chandigarh. It meant booking two tickets. The total airfare for a round-way trip that way was double of what I used to pay,” Jaswant Malhotra, a businessman, said.
Samar Duggal, travelling to the same destination next week, said there was a Vistara flight connecting Pune to Delhi and then from Delhi to Chandigarh with a layover of close to two hours. “Apart from this, the other so-called connecting flights to Chandigarh have a journey time of more than 24 hours,” he said.
26/04/19 Joy Sengupta/Times of India
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“Jet operated two flights from Pune to Chennai and their timings were good for me. One used to take off from Pune at 4pm and reach Chennai at 5.40pm. The other was at 8.40pm. With these flights gone, I am in a problem. Apart from an IndiGo flight in the afternoon hours, the rest fly to Chennai late in the evening or in the night,” he told TOI.
The city has lost direct connection to many cities following Jet’s temporary closure of operations. While close to eight of the total 18 slots belonging to the grounded airline have been taken over by other airlines, the absence of direct connectivity to places like Chandigarh, Indore and Coimbatore, among others, is posing problems to travellers.
“Last week, I was trying to book a ticket from Pune to Chandigarh. I was shocked to find that there were no direct or connecting flights. Among the options, one was to travel to Delhi and then take a flight to Chandigarh. It meant booking two tickets. The total airfare for a round-way trip that way was double of what I used to pay,” Jaswant Malhotra, a businessman, said.
Samar Duggal, travelling to the same destination next week, said there was a Vistara flight connecting Pune to Delhi and then from Delhi to Chandigarh with a layover of close to two hours. “Apart from this, the other so-called connecting flights to Chandigarh have a journey time of more than 24 hours,” he said.
26/04/19 Joy Sengupta/Times of India
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