Stranded by bad weather, GoAir passengers protest at Delhi airport
6 Feb 2013 6:04 AM IST
About 85 GoAir passengers to Leh were left stranded in Delhi on Monday after their flight was aborted in Jammu due to inclement weather and they were forced to return to the capital.
As the airline expressed inability to provide an alternate flight, the agitated passengers refused to leave the airport and staged protest
GoAir’s Delhi-Jammu-Leh-Delhi flight (G8-193) took off from Indira Gandhi International airport here as per schedule this morning and landed at Jammu airport. But airline officials had to cancel the onward journey to Leh due to inclement weather and brought back all Leh-bound passengers to Delhi, airport sources said.
Expressing their inability to provide seats to all passengers in other airlines or alternate flight or hotel accommodation, the airline officials asked the passengers to take refund of their tickets. Later, the issue was resolved after airline agreed to provide tickets for 7 February to those who wanted to travel on that day.
The airline also provided accommodation to Non Delhi passengers, the sources said. Passengers, mostly Ladhakis, were returning from pilgrimage and had bought the tickets about six or seven months ago at a very discounted price. Many claimed that they had no money for hotel accommodation.
As the airline expressed inability to provide an alternate flight, the agitated passengers refused to leave the airport and staged protest
GoAir’s Delhi-Jammu-Leh-Delhi flight (G8-193) took off from Indira Gandhi International airport here as per schedule this morning and landed at Jammu airport. But airline officials had to cancel the onward journey to Leh due to inclement weather and brought back all Leh-bound passengers to Delhi, airport sources said.
Expressing their inability to provide seats to all passengers in other airlines or alternate flight or hotel accommodation, the airline officials asked the passengers to take refund of their tickets. Later, the issue was resolved after airline agreed to provide tickets for 7 February to those who wanted to travel on that day.
The airline also provided accommodation to Non Delhi passengers, the sources said. Passengers, mostly Ladhakis, were returning from pilgrimage and had bought the tickets about six or seven months ago at a very discounted price. Many claimed that they had no money for hotel accommodation.
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