When you decide to take a flight to travel to a new destination or visit a long-adored city, chances are you don’t think about your flight getting delayed, by minutes or even hours! However, sometimes due to a variety of reasons, flights do get delayed, leaving passengers travelling in the same frazzled. And something similar happened to passengers of a SpiceJet flight to Dubai, who were stranded at the Pune Airport. Due to a massive delay, they ended up getting hungry and had to order food via delivery apps!
SpiceJet Dubai Flight Delayed For 4 Hours In Pune
A SpiceJet flight, SG-51 was supposed to take off for Dubai at 8:50 PM on Wednesday. However, due to some issues, the flight ended up being four hours late. As a result, it was only able to take off at 1:15 AM on Thursday. And, due to this four-hour delay, passengers were left hungry while they waited for the flight to take off. In fact, some passengers ended up ordering food via delivery apps after the airline just offered them a cup of tea. As revealed in a report in the Times of India, it was mentioned that a section of flyers had asked ground staffers, if they would get their ordered food. One of the passengers mentioned that a few employees did agree to fetch them food from the departure area. However, the airline did not provide any refreshments.
Passengers Resort To Order Online
At this point, it’s worth mentioning that the guidelines of the Director General of Civil Aviation mention that the airline is supposed to serve refreshments to flyers if the flight is delayed over two hours. Since there is only a stall of snacks and beverages at the international lounge of Pune Airport, many people resorted to ordering from outside.
It should be noted that a master concessionaire has been finalised for the new terminal building. For this, the contract has also been awarded and there will be a total of 20 food and beverage outlets in both domestic and international security hold areas. Not to mention, two of the five lounges will be in the international area as well. This was revealed in the same report by the Pune Airport Director, Santosh Dhoke.
Have you also travelled by Pune Airport? How has your experience been so far, let us know when the comments!
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