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<ul><li><keyword id="6354706" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="IndiGo">Indigo</keyword> plans to annihilate the pesky mosquitos that have added to the airline’s woes.</li><li>The crew will be given two mosquito-swatting bats per plane.</li><li>Indigo currently accounts for about 40% of the domestic market share.</li></ul> One of India’s most awarded airlines, <keyword id="124937" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indigo-Airlines">Indigo Airlines</keyword>, has been losing its sheen with numerous instances of staff misbehaving with customers, <a href="http://www.zeebiz.com/india/news-more-bad-news-for-indigo-here-is-what-happened-to-this-flight-45442">flight delays</a>, <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/engine-glitches-again-hit-two-indigo-a320-neo-planes/articleshow/63960771.cms">engine glitches</a> and more. However, there is one issue they plan to address with full gusto and that’s to annihilate the pesky mosquitos that have added to the airline’s woes. For this, soon the Indigo crew will be wielding mosquito-swatting bats (yes, the ones that look like tennis rackets) to take care of the menace in planes. <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/indigo-deboards-doctor-after-he-complains-of-mosquitoes/articleshow/63695766.cms">Just last month</a>, a doctor was apparently forcibly removed from an Indigo flight at Lucknow when he raised a stink about the number of mosquitoes on the plane. According to <keyword id="779746" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Saurabh-Rai">Saurabh Rai</keyword>, a cardiologist, when he raised the issue he was told mosquitoes are all over India, “so will you leave the country?” The airline, however, denied this and said Rai had used threatening language. Aviation minister <keyword id="6356597" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="suresh-prabhu">Suresh Prabhu</keyword> took note of the incident and launched a probe, but what happened after that has not been shared with the public. Indigo currently accounts for about 40% of the domestic market share, and cannot afford to lose customers and its reputation on account of mosquitoes. An airline official who wished not to be named told the <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/how-to-check-fb-or-call-while-flying-in-flight-internet-technology-explained/articleshow/64051350.cms">Economic Times</a> that, "There have been a number of passenger complaints. Our flights also get delayed. So, we have decided to use these [swatters]." From this month onwards, two battery-operated mosquito swatters will be on the flights. The cabin crew will be given precise instructions on when and how to use these devices. An IndiGo spokesperson said, “The electronic bats [swatters] will be used only in exceptional circumstances and not as a regular practice.” She also added that they have taken other measures, like spraying the cabins with approved insecticides before departure and placing mosquito repellent patches in aircraft.

India’s largest airline by passengers is giving its staff mosquito swatters after repeated complaints

<ul><li><keyword id="6354706" type="DEFINITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="IndiGo">IndiGo</keyword>'s flight <keyword id="6529550" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="6E-2977">6E 2977</keyword> was supposed to depart at 10:40 pm on Sunday night but ended up taking off the next morning at 6:40 am.</li><li>The airline started boardings for the flight at 2.30am and due to the delays, its pilots “went out of flight duty time”. </li><li>IndiGo had no explanation as to why passengers were not taken back to the airport terminal. </li></ul>Flight delays can be extremely stressful, but passengers of India’s low cost airlines, IndiGo, had to face a terrible situation when they were literally stranded at the <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/indigo-passengers-stranded-on-tarmac-for-7-hours-for-non-availability-of-crew/articleshow/64158022.cms?utm_source=APPusers&amp;utm_medium=twittershare&amp;utm_campaign=socialsharebutton" data-type="tilCustomLink">Delhi airport tarmac</a> for almost the entire night on Sunday. IndiGo’s flight 6E 2977 headed to <keyword id="6354321" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bengaluru">Bengaluru</keyword> was supposed to depart at 10:40 pm on Sunday night but ended up taking off the next morning at 6:40 am, apparently due to the non-availability of staff. Passengers were stuck in the airport shuttle bus for hours with some even parking themselves on the tarmac and later waiting in the plane. According to the airline, IndiGo had 30 diversions due to severe weather conditions leading to massive delays and cancellations across all airlines. Delhi, apparently, was the worst affected, including 70 diversions in all. The airline started boardings for the flight at 2.30am and due to the delays, its pilots “went out of flight duty time”. As a result, IndiGo had to arrange a new crew and extend the departure time. Enraged passengers took Twitter to vent. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Strangely, IndiGo had no explanation as to why passengers were not taken back to the airport terminal or why they were offered no refreshment until morning. Image source: Twitter, <a class="TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend" href="https://twitter.com/ajzwayy">Ajeetesh Pratap Singh@ajzwayy</a>

Airline passengers wait on the tarmac because pilots “went out of flight duty time”

<ul class="summary-list"><li>India's largest airline faced major delays Saturday as cabin crew flocked to a rival's job fair, local media reports.</li><li>Less than half of IndiGo's flights ran on time on Saturday, aviation ministry data showed.</li></ul>Over 50% of flights operated by budget Indian airline, IndiGo, were delayed on Saturday after a substantial number of staff called in sick to attend a rival airline's job fair, local outlets reported.Just 45% of IndiGo's flights ran on time on Saturday, <a href="https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/over-900-indigo-flights-delayed-as-crew-members-head-for-job-interviews20220704105935/">the ANI news agency reported,</a> citing Ministry of Civil Aviation data.Citing industry sources, ANI reported that many of IndiGo's staff, particularly cabin crew, took sick leave Saturday to attend a hiring fair held by <keyword id="11892831" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="air-india" source="Orion">Air India</keyword>, the country's flagship airline."The second phase of Air India's recruitment process was scheduled for Saturday and most of the cabin crew members of IndiGo who took leave had gone for it," ANI cited an unnamed industry source as saying.One IndiGo pilot who turned up for work said he waited in the aircraft for two hours for flight attendants to turn up, <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/flights-cancelled-as-indigo-airlines-staff-go-sick-to-plot-departures-to-rival-sv25n6l3f">The Times of London reported.</a>IndiGo is currently India's largest airline by passenger numbers but Air India — which reportedly ran the recruitment fair — is hiring new staff and plans to buy new planes after it was <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/tata-group-to-expand-the-fleet-of-air-india-in-two-years/articleshow/92340061.cms">purchased by the Tata Group last year.</a>Air India and IndiGo did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment made outside normal working hours.One aviation expert told the Times of London that while the lack of crew likely played a role in the delays, it is unlikely the only reason so many flights were late."To have your operational integrity challenged in this way, to my mind, those going for walk-in interviews that day and not reporting for work would have some impact but that can't be the total picture," Kapil Kaul, chief executive of the CAPA Centre for Aviation said.Saturday's delays come amid ongoing flight disruption across the aviation industry as airlines struggle to recruit enough staff to meet surging demand for <keyword id="11896628" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="travel" source="Orion">travel</keyword>.Thousands of <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/more-than-1000-flights-canceled-across-fourth-of-july-weekend-2022-7">flights were canceled</a> over the Fourth of July weekend in the US. European carrier, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pilot-strike-forces-scandinavian-airlines-to-cancel-half-its-flights-2022-7?r=US&amp;IR=T">Scandinavian Airlines, </a>was forced to cancel hundreds of flights on Monday after pilots went on strike.Meanwhile, British Airways, Britain's flagship carrier cancelled <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jul/05/ba-cancels-flights-summer-heathrow-gatwick-holiday-malaga-palma-faro">1,000 more flights</a> for the summer period on Tuesday.Heathrow, the UK's largest airport, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/heathrow-airport-cancels-flights-airlines-too-many-passengers-2022-6?r=US&amp;IR=T">asked airlines to cut flights on Thursday</a> amid fears it did not have the capacity to handle surging passenger numbers. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/british-airways-wait-days-bags-heathrow-luggage-mountain-2022-7?r=US&amp;IR=T">Piles of suitcases </a>mounted at the airport in the wake of cancellations.

Over 50% of flights by India's biggest airline were delayed after staff called in sick to attend a rival airline's hiring fair, reports say

New Delhi, Feb 24 () Budget airline IndiGo will start flights from Pune to Chandigarh and Indore, according to a release. Services to Chandigarh would commence from March 15, while those on Pune-Indore route would begin from May 1. "The airline is the first to launch daily direct connections from Pune to Chandigarh and Indore after competitors withdrew their direct flights last year. The introduction of these flights will further bolster the airline's domestic connectivity," IndiGo said in a release on Monday. IndiGo has a fleet of more than 250 planes and operates over 1,500 flights. RAM RVKRVK

IndiGo to start flights from Pune to Chandigarh, Indore

New Delhi, Feb 24 () Budget airline IndiGo will start flights from Pune to Chandigarh and Indore, according to a release. Services to Chandigarh would commence from March 15, while those on Pune-Indore route would begin from May 1. "The airline is the first to launch daily direct connections from Pune to Chandigarh and Indore after competitors withdrew their direct flights last year. The introduction of these flights will further bolster the airline's domestic connectivity," IndiGo said in a release on Monday. IndiGo has a fleet of more than 250 planes and operates over 1,500 flights. RAM RVK

IndiGo to star flights from Pune to Chandigarh, Indore

<ul><li>JetAiways is offering all-inclusive <keyword id="626619" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="flight-tickets">flight tickets</keyword> starting from 1,165 for at least 37 destinations in India. </li><li>IndiGo is also trying to grab more and more consumer by adding three new routes Chennai-Raipur, Hyderabad-Gorakhpur and Kolkata-Gorakhpur to its current network. </li><li>IndiGo has also introduced non-stop daily flights from <keyword id="6354552" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="hyderabad">Hyderabad</keyword> and Tirupati to <keyword id="49077" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kolhapur">Kolhapur</keyword>. The ticket fare for the same will begin from ₹1,999. </li></ul> With more and more people rushing to visit their hometown during Holi, many airlines have announced an array on discounts to woo their consumers. IndiGo, GoAir and JetAirways are also giving away cashbacks and other lucrative offers on both domestic as well well international flight tickets, according to media reports. JetAiways is offering all-inclusive flight tickets starting from 1,165 for at least 37 destinations in India. Apart from this, the company is offering an additional 10 % off if a booking exceeds four or more person. According to the official website of JetAiways "What’s more; enjoy an enhanced travel experience to 19 international destinations, as well as a host of exclusive benefits when you fly with Jet Airways." IndiGo is also trying to grab more and more consumer by adding three new routes Chennai-Raipur, Hyderabad-Gorakhpur and Kolkata-Gorakhpur to its current network. The bookings for the new routes are open with a fare price starting from ₹2599. Not only this, IndiGo has also introduced non-stop daily flights from Hyderabad and Tirupati to Kolhapur. The ticket fare for the same will begin from ₹1,999. The company unveiled its cashback offer in a tweet saying "Set your Sunday mood right with our fantastic cashback offer! Book your flight using digibank and enjoy up to ₹800 cashback."

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