Calcutta: he detection of coronavirus cases in India has led to a drastic fall in passenger count on domestic flights, particularly to metro cities, officials of several airlines said on Thursday.
Airlines reported heavy cancellations on domestic flights in the past couple of days, sources in at least three airlines said.
A group of Calcuttans now based in the US had come to the city a few days ago to attend a wedding. They were scheduled to fly to Delhi on Friday before returning to the US. “But we decided to put our travel plans on hold and cancelled the tickets,” said Kumar Wadhwa, a member of the group.
“Around 30 to 35 per cent domestic bookings from Calcutta have been cancelled, particularly on flights to other big cities such as Delhi,” an official of a low-cost airline said.
SpiceJet sources said a Calcutta-Delhi flight with a capacity of 180 would usually have 170 to 175 passengers but the number has dipped over the past two days.
Several international flights from Calcutta to destinations such as China, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Thailand have been either suspended or their frequencies reduced since February because of low passenger count after the coronavirus outbreak in China.
06/03/20 Sanjay Mandal/Telegraph
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Airlines reported heavy cancellations on domestic flights in the past couple of days, sources in at least three airlines said.
A group of Calcuttans now based in the US had come to the city a few days ago to attend a wedding. They were scheduled to fly to Delhi on Friday before returning to the US. “But we decided to put our travel plans on hold and cancelled the tickets,” said Kumar Wadhwa, a member of the group.
“Around 30 to 35 per cent domestic bookings from Calcutta have been cancelled, particularly on flights to other big cities such as Delhi,” an official of a low-cost airline said.
SpiceJet sources said a Calcutta-Delhi flight with a capacity of 180 would usually have 170 to 175 passengers but the number has dipped over the past two days.
Several international flights from Calcutta to destinations such as China, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Thailand have been either suspended or their frequencies reduced since February because of low passenger count after the coronavirus outbreak in China.
06/03/20 Sanjay Mandal/Telegraph
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