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February 15, 2025
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Bengaluru-Delhi via Pune flyers spend night at Pune’s Lohegaon airport

Bengaluru-Delhi via Pune flyers spend night at Pune’s Lohegaon airport

PUNE: About 50 passengers flying from Bengaluru to Delhi via Pune in connecting flights of Air India Express on Friday late evening had to withstand a delay of over eight hours, besides confusion at the city airport.The flyers missed their connecting flight from Pune to Delhi (IX-736) because the Bengaluru-Pune flight (IX-974) was delayed by around three hours.They were subsequently issued boarding passes of an AIX Connect flight, scheduled to fly for Delhi at 6.40am on Saturday. The hassled passengers’ Pune-Delhi flight finally took off at 7.40am, after they spent the night at the airport.TOI sent a message to the airline’s spokesperson seeking the reason behind the flyers’ ordeal. His reply was awaited till going to press.Prashant Kumar, one of the passengers, told TOI, “What is the use of buying so costly tickets if planes tend to get delayed like trains. I reached the Bengaluru airport at 7pm on Friday for the flight to Pune at 9.50pm. It got delayed and I reached Pune at 2am on Saturday. Naturally, I missed my connecting flight from Pune to Delhi, scheduled to leave at 12.50am on Saturday.” Kumar said they were given boarding passes for the flight (I5767) slated to take off at 6.40am on Saturday at the Pune airport. “I asked about the other flight (IX-736), but did not get any answer. We were told that we would be given lounge access, but the airline’s staffers failed to do so. We were left to fend for ourselves. The airline counters were closed and we saw the staffers again only at 6am.”He said, “The Saturday morning’s flight was delayed by an hour. I reached Delhi only at 11am.”

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