Flight cancellations tripled in May

New Delhi: Flight cancellations tripled in April compared to April due to other restrictions, including lockdown in the second phase of the epidemic. The number of passengers, on the other hand, also declined.

According to data released by the DGCA, a total of 4.5 per cent flights were canceled in April. During the month, flights were canceled by an increase of 3%. Thus the cancellation rate was tripled.

The highest number of flight cancellations was recorded by the taxi company.

This was followed by Air India's 14 per cent, Vistara's 4.5 per cent and other companies' flights of 1 to 5 per cent.

Due to the increasing number of transit restrictions, many passengers had to cancel their flights and airlines had to cancel their flights. Apart from this, 13 per cent of the cancellations were due to bad weather, 2.6 per cent due to operational complications and 1 per cent due to technical reasons.

The number of air passengers also dropped drastically during this time. In April 2020, 2.5 lakh people traveled by air. In March, only 31.12 lakh people traveled by air.

Complaints about refunds increased after flight cancellations as well as other reasons were canceled. In May, the DGCA received eight complaints. Of these, 18 per cent were related to refunds and 12.5 per cent were during travel.