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Man Demands Strict Action Against Akasa Air After His Kolkata Flight Got Delayed By 7 Hours; Was Travelling With His Pregnant Sister

A man took to X to share how his Akasa Air flight to Kolkata got delayed and the airline offered no help even though he was travelling with his pregnant sister.

by Tashika Tyagi
Man Demands Strict Action Against Akasa Air After His Kolkata Flight Got Delayed By 7 Hours; Was Travelling With His Pregnant Sister

On Wednesday, Akasa Air’s flight from Pune to Kolkata got delayed by nearly seven hours. This affected more than 100 passengers scheduled to travel on the flight and one of them took to X (formerly Twitter) to share his frustration. The man was travelling with his pregnant sister and had asked the airline for accommodation nearby. However, the airline offered no help and they were forced to travel back to their home which was nearly 2.5 hours away from the airport. Read on to learn more about this matter.

Akasa Air Flight To Kolkata Delayed By 7 Hrs; Causes Trouble To Passengers

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An Akasa Air flight (QP-1563) from Pune to Kolkata was delayed by nearly seven hours on June 12. Ashish Yadav, a passenger on the flight who was travelling with his pregnant sister, took to X (formerly Twitter) to share his frustration about this. In a series of posts on his account @ashishy99441251, Ashish has shared how the siblings were supposed to travel to Kolkata and left their home in Hinjewadi Phase-2 to reach the Pune Airport on time for their 1:05 PM flight. However, when they reached the airport at around 11 AM, they were informed that the flight had been delayed.

He mentioned how his 7-month pregnant sister had to travel 2.5 hours to reach the airport and the airline had not informed the passengers about it beforehand.

Seeing how the delay was affecting his sister, he asked the airline for accommodation nearby. However, he got no help from Akasa Air despite them waiting in the airport for more than two hours.

The flight was then rescheduled for departure at 7:50 PM. After realising that they wouldn’t get any alternative flight or accommodation arrangements from the airline, the sibling duo decided to return home as the delay had affected their entire itinerary ahead.

Ashish’s frustration could be noted in each tweet.

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What The Airline Had To Say About This

 

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Akasa Air’s official X (formerly Twitter) account had responded to several posts of Ashish Yadav. In the first reply, they mentioned that the delay in the flight had been due to a technical glitch in the aircraft that the airline was trying to resolve.

They responded again and reassured him that the airline had tried to resolve his issue to the best of their ability. However, as we shared above, Ashish was not satisfied with their service and had asked the concerned authorities to take strict actions against the airline.

Akasa Air is yet to release an official statement regarding the seven-hour delay on their Pune to Kolkata flight on June 12.

Flight delays are frustrating. But it gets worse when you see how it might affect the health of your loved ones. We hope that such issues don’t prevail in the future and airlines across the country are able to tackle such situations at the earliest!

Cover Image Courtesy: Instagram/akasaair & X/ashishy99441251

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