Pune: Response to the e-tourist visa service at the city airport has nosedived after an encouraging take-off two years ago.
Officials said close to 30% passengers, especially those travelling to Pune on Lufthansa, were opting for the service.
“More than the Jet Airways grounding its service, the suspension of Lufthansa’s Pune-Frankfurt flight has affected the e-tourist visa facility. There was a steady rise in the number of passengers from Germany opting for the e-tourist visas during their visits here,” an official told TOI.
“We were looking at anything between 25% and 30% flyers opting for the e-tourist visas while visiting India via the Pune airport. The percentage has now dropped to 15,” he said.
Lufthansa had suspended its flight from Pune to Frankfurt from February this year after PrivatAir, with which the German airline had a wet lease agreement, filed for bankruptcy in December 2018.
When the airline was asked about an update on the situation, a spokesperson said, “Lufthansa is doing everything in its power to find a successor solution, in which the technically necessary aircraft for Pune can be offered with the appropriate intercontinental equipment. Lufthansa is currently investigating the market for this purpose.”
21/05/19 Joy Sengupta/Times of India
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Officials said close to 30% passengers, especially those travelling to Pune on Lufthansa, were opting for the service.
“More than the Jet Airways grounding its service, the suspension of Lufthansa’s Pune-Frankfurt flight has affected the e-tourist visa facility. There was a steady rise in the number of passengers from Germany opting for the e-tourist visas during their visits here,” an official told TOI.
“We were looking at anything between 25% and 30% flyers opting for the e-tourist visas while visiting India via the Pune airport. The percentage has now dropped to 15,” he said.
Lufthansa had suspended its flight from Pune to Frankfurt from February this year after PrivatAir, with which the German airline had a wet lease agreement, filed for bankruptcy in December 2018.
When the airline was asked about an update on the situation, a spokesperson said, “Lufthansa is doing everything in its power to find a successor solution, in which the technically necessary aircraft for Pune can be offered with the appropriate intercontinental equipment. Lufthansa is currently investigating the market for this purpose.”
21/05/19 Joy Sengupta/Times of India
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