SpiceJet flights delays for hours, passengers stranded at Bangalore airport; Twitterati criticise airline
Several flights of SpiceJet got delayed this weekend leaving the passengers perplexed at Kempegowda International Airport due to technical glitches.
Not just Bengaluru’s flight but also several flights from Delhi got delayed on Saturday for about four hours. While a Delhi-bound flight to Patna got delayed for 8 hours on Friday. In another incident, Delhi-Bengaluru flight was delayed due to technical glitches and was diverted to Nagpur for an emergency landing.
As the flights were getting delayed one after another the passengers went crazy over twitter and expressed their views regarding the delay and soon strings of tweet followed repeatedly complaining over the delay.
@flyspicejet 11 May flight from Blr to Delhi Sg8718 delayed for 5 hrs.people furious.. no spicejet staff was present at gates. One junior guy managing. Very poor handling of things by spicejet. I also bought spicemax and felt fully cheated. No more spicejet for me. Incompetent!
— Hitesh (@heteshw) May 12, 2019
Meanwhile, if we compare which flight of SpiceJet got delayed for a longer period this weekend then it's Bengaluru to Patna flight SG768 which was supposed to depart at 2:30, departed at 10:30 pm at night from Kempegowda International Airport. While passengers alleged that they were not informed before about the delay.
@flyspicejet Dear SpiceJet,my dad is flying back from Bangalore to Patna.
— Vayu Jhunjhunwala (@vayujjw) May 10, 2019
Flight No. SG 768. The flight is delayed for 4 hours.
He was supposed to attend an important meeting in Patna,which he will be missing it.Disappointed with this kind of incompetent service of yours.
#spicejet flight SG768 bengalure- patna is continuously being delayed from 1430 hrs to 1720 hrs to 1850 hrs and now 2130 hours. No one is giving any explanation for this. The passengers are facing huge problems. Please help @MoCA_GoI.. @jayantsinha
— Harshit (@harshit1351) May 10, 2019
However, later SpiceJet apologised in a statement that the flights got delayed due to technical issues.
We are truly sorry for the inconvenience. Your flight is affected due to operational reason. We always try our best to maintain the departure time as per the schedule. However, at times, due to unavoidable reasons, we face delay.
— SpiceJet (@flyspicejet) May 12, 2019
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First published: 12 May 2019, 13:44 IST