Go First crisis: Airline extends flight cancellations till May 30
Business | May 27, 2023 7:54 ISTGo First airlines cited operational reasons as it extended the suspension of its flight operations till May 30.
Go First airlines cited operational reasons as it extended the suspension of its flight operations till May 30.
Go First news UPDATE: The airline said a full refund would be issued to the original mode of payment shortly."We acknowledge the flight cancellations might have disrupted your travel plans and we are committed to providing all the assistance we can," it added.
The airline will also submit a detailed report to aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
United States: Fleets of emergency vehicles were fanned out among 1,600 roads impacted by the freeze. In Texas, an 18-wheeler that went off an icy highway was hit by a second truck that pinned him beneath one of its tires.
The storm unleashed its full fury on Buffalo, New York, with hurricane-force winds causing whiteout conditions. Emergency response efforts were paralyzed and the city’s international airport was shut down.
The last-minute cancellation created major chaos at the airports as the families have been returning to their homes for the Christmas holidays.
United States: Speaking about the looming extreme weather conditions in the Oval Office after a briefing from federal officials, US President Joe Biden said, “This is not like a snow day when you were a kid, this is serious stuff.”
United States flights cancelled: Airlines cancelled just over 2,270 US flights by 6 ET pm Thursday and proactively cancelled almost 1,000 flights for Friday, according to the flight tracking site FlightAware.
President Yoon Suk Yeol during an emergency response meeting on Monday urged maximum effort to prevent casualties. Prime Minister Han Duk-soo called for proactive efforts to evacuate residents in areas vulnerable to flooding.
Lufthansa flights cancelled: The airline advised affected passengers not to come to the airports because most of the counters there would not be staffed anyway.
British Airways, which operates from Heathrow's terminals three and five, said it had made a "small number of cancellations" as a result of the airport's request.
Severe cyclone Asani neared the east coast, packing gale-force winds up to 105 kmph, amid indication of gradual weakening on Tuesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
No injuries were reported during the emergency landing of the commercial plane.
The airline encouraged the customers to digital channels since the call centers have been handling a large volume of calls.
The minimum temperature recorded in Srinagar is 0.8 degrees Celsius today.
Southwest has struggled all summer with high numbers of delayed and canceled flights. In August, it announced it was trimming its September schedule by 27 flights a day, or less than 1 per cent, and 162 flights a day.
More than 55 flights, both incoming and outbound, were cancelled at the city's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) on Monday after the private airport operator was forced to suspend all air services at 11 am due to cyclone 'Tauktae'.
Three city-bound flights operated by budget carriers IndiGo and SpiceJet were diverted on Monday following suspension of operations at the Mumbai airport till 2 pm in the wake of the Tuaktae cyclone alert
Investigations into the cause of the activation are ongoing. During the disruption, 50 departure flights were delayed by 30 minutes or more and nine arriving flights were diverted.
Eighteen flights departing from the Delhi airport were cancelled on Monday due to inclement weather at other destinations, a senior airport official said.
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