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Vistara

Bomb Threat On Pune-Bound Vistara Flight; Passengers Deboarded

By LokMarg

A GMR Group-run call centre here received a bomb threat call for a Delhi-Pune Vistara flight, which was scheduled to take off from Delhi airport this morning.

Soon after, the aircraft was kept in isolation for proper inspection by security agencies and no suspicious item was found on board, an official said. The flight was scheduled for departure at 8:30 am

“UK-971 Delhi to Pune flight received bomb threat at GMR call center in Gurugram,” a security agency official told ANI.

There were more than 100 passengers in the aircraft and all the passengers’ luggage were de-boarded. The passengers are currently in the terminal building and they were served refreshments, the official said.

As per the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), the plane cannot be scheduled until the security agencies give clearance and go ahead with the flight. The flight will leave for the destination (Pune) as soon as the final clearance is received from the security agencies. (ANI)

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Air Traffic DGCA in India

Air Traffic In India Jumps 42.85% In Jan-June 2023: DGCA

By LokMarg

Passengers carried by Indian domestic airlines during January-June 2023 were 760.93 lakhs, as against 572.49 lakhs during the corresponding period of 2022, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said.

According to the DGCA, data domestic airlines registered an annual growth of 32.92 per cent and monthly growth of 18.78 per cent.
Earlier on June 15, DGCA data said that during January-May 2023, the passengers carried by Indian domestic airlines were 636.07 lakhs, as against 467.37 lakhs during the corresponding period of 2022.

In the month of May, 132.14 lakh passengers were carried by Indian domestic airlines. They registered an annual growth of 36.10 per cent and monthly growth of 15.24 per cent.

The overall cancellation rate of scheduled domestic airlines for the month of May 2023 was just 0.44 per cent. It is to note that Go First stopped operations on May 3.

During May 2023, a total of 556 passenger-related complaints were received by the scheduled domestic airlines. The number of complaints per 10,000 passengers carried for the month of May 2023 was 0.42. (ANI)

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