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A Bad August For Ram Charan's Airline

A Bad August For Ram Charan's Airline

Ram Charan's airline 'TruJet' has topped the list in terms of passenger complaints for the month of August, according to a report released by the 'Director General of Civil Aviation'.

Also, with more than 5% cancellation of flights in August, ‘TruJet’ ranked second to Air Pegasus. One particular incident involving ‘TruJet’ passengers actually resulted in a protest at the parking bay of the airport itself.

According to GMR officials, the Trujet flight on Thursday had landed at Hyderabad from Aurangabad and was about to leave for Tirupati after boarding.

“But due to weather problems, the flight returned to Hyderabad. It happened around 8.30 pm. Travelers staged a sit out in protest on the parking bay and entered into heated arguments with the crew. They demanded another flight to be arranged but due to some issues it couldn’t be done.

“CISF personnel interfered and brought the passengers from the parking bay into the airport lounges. The arguments and protests continued in the airport lounge too. They were then shifted to hotels and various other flights were arranged. As most of the passengers had booked puja tickets in Tirupati, they were worried,” said a source at GMR Hyderabad airport.

However, officials of ‘TruJet’ maintain that these are merely teething problems for a new enterprise.

As of now, TruJet is operating only two planes and the officials say that this is the major reason for the performance not being up to accepted standards.

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