When you take a flight to any city, you don’t expect any delays or rather cancellations at all. But when it happens, it can be a reason for major inconvenience. Something similar was experienced by passengers of SpiceJet flights that were supposed to fly from Dubai to India. Due to operational reasons, several SpiceJet flights that were operating from Dubai to different destinations in India were cancelled on July 31. As a result, people were left impacted and stranded at the Dubai International Airport. Here is more about this.
Several SpiceJet Flight Cancelled At Dubai International Airport
By releasing a statement citing operational reasons on Thursday, August 1, the airline as mentioned in Khaleej Times had implemented measures to mitigate the impact on affected passengers. The reason for this was that several SpiceJet flights from Dubai to different destinations in India had been affected by cancellations. As a result, the airline rebooked impacted passengers on an alternative flight and also provided hotel accommodations as required. It’s worth noting that the report also mentions a spokesperson from the airline confirming that all the other scheduled flights from Dubai are now operating as planned.
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Passengers Rebooked On Alternate Flights
Several other outlets have pointed out that about half a dozen flights were not allowed to board due to non-payment of dues. While this has not been confirmed by this airline nor has the number of affected passengers, have been revealed so far, the cancellations must have left people inconvenienced. Going by a report of news18.com they revealed that about 10 SpiceJet flights had been stopped from boarding passengers, as a result, hundreds were left stranded at Dubai Airport. The airline services several destinations across the country. In fact, from Dubai, cities like Delhi and Bengaluru are connected by the airline, directly and indirectly!
This incident comes to light as several incidents of delayed salary And PF and TDs payments have been reported.
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