Air Deccan defers Delhi-Patna flight launch

BY A CORRESPONDENT
May 25, 2006

Air Deccan has deferred the launch of its Delhi-Patna flights by a fortnight. Deccan was to start flights from the first of June. Reports said that Air Deccan is yet to receive the 180-seater Airbus A320 aircraft which it had hoped to deploy in this route.

The Air Deccan Delhi-Patna flight was a twice daily flight. the first flight would leave Delhi at 0615 hours and return before noon, while the other would start in the evening at 1700 hours and return to Delhi by 2210 hours.

Air Deccan has offered its aggrieved passengers the option to travel on a different date with the same ticket. Else, they can cancel their tickets and get a full refund. But for many passengers who had booked their Air Deccan tickets in the busy vacation season, the postponement means their travel plans going haywire.

Air Deccan already has flights to Patna from Kolkata. Earlier, Air Deccan had to defer the launch of its flights to Trivandrum, since the aircraft had not landed in time.