All 41 Scheduled Flights Cancelled At Srinagar Int’l Airport, AAI Clarifies After Omar’s Day Light Robbery Charge
Srinagar, Feb 23 (GNS): All flights scheduled to operate at Srinagar international airport were cancelled due to snowfall on Wednesday.
Director, Airports Authority of India, Srinagar, Kuldeep Singh told GNS that 41 flights were to operate but snowfall forced their cancellation.
As per airlines, the passengers will be adjusted in the forthcoming flights in next available flights.
While weather is set to improve as per the forecast by the local meteorological department, the Director AAI expressed hope that all flights will operate tomorrow. He said that snow clearance operation was going on.
Meanwhile after former Chief Minister and National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah questioned the “sudden” hike in fare rates for cancelled flights and likened it as “day light robbery”, Airport Authority of India said options for refund and rescheduling at “no extra cost” has been offered by the airlines.
“The options for refund and rescheduling at no extra cost for all the flights cancelled today has been offered by all airlines. The affected passengers may please contact the respective airlines call centre for refund or rescheduling,” Airport Authority of India said in a tweet as per GNS.
The AAI was responding to a tweet by Omar Abdullah: “This is how passengers to Srinagar are getting shafted by airlines – all flights got cancelled today & people who had paid ₹3000/4000 for their seats are told to rebook. Suddenly the same flights are being quoted at ₹12,000/₹14,000. Day light robbery & no government intervenes.” (GNS)
