Visakhapatnam: International flights from Andhra Pradesh, particularly via Vijayawada (Gannavaram) and Visakhapatnam, are facing severe disruptions due to cancellation of services to Sharjah, which connect to the US and Europe connections. Further, 95 per cent of scheduled flights are facing cancellation.
“Flight to Sharjah had been withdrawn when the US-Israel and Iran war began on February 28. Only IndiGo is operating flights to Singapore thrice a week,” said Vijayawada Airport director M. Laxmikanth Reddy.
Off Visakhapatnam, Scoot Airlines reduced its operations to Singapore from four days a week to three days.
Roughly, 95 per cent of international flights pre-booked by passengers are receiving last-minute messages of the flights being cancelled or being rescheduled, creating chaos, travel agents said.
Founder and chief executive officer of Welfare Holiday and World Tours K. Vijay Mohan told this correspondent on Sunday that Thai Air Asia has cancelled its flights to Hyderabad, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, and Cochin. Thai Airways has downsized its aircraft capacity from 320 passengers to 170 passengers.
Vijay Mohan pointed out that the fare from Hyderabad to Bangkok, which had been around ₹22,000, is now priced around ₹38, 000. Airfare to Malaysia, around ₹20,000 has shot up to ₹30,000. Fare to Bali of ₹30,000 last month has shot up to around ₹45, 000.
Other sources say shortage of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) is resulting in the abnormal price hike in fares.
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