Crisis-hit airline Go First has suspended sale of tickets till May 15 and is working to refund or reschedule present bookings for future dates, aviation regulator DGCA mentioned on Thursday.
IMAGE: Go First counter wears a abandoned take a look at the Terminal 2 of IGI airport, New Delhi. Photograph: ANI Photo
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had issued a present trigger discover to the airline after it instantly determined to cancel flights for 3 days beginning May 3.
“Go First has intimated that they’ve suspended sale of their flights till 15 May 2023 and are working to refund or reschedule for future dates, the passengers already booked to fly with them,” the regulator mentioned in a press release.
After analyzing the reply filed by Go First, the watchdog has issued an order “beneath the prevailing rules directing them to course of the refunds to passengers as per the timelines particularly stipulated within the related regulation”.
The regulator additionally mentioned it’s dedicated to minimising passenger inconvenience in view of the abrupt determination by Go First to droop their scheduled operations with none prior intimation.
(*9*), Go First mentioned it has cancelled flights till May 9 because of operational causes.
“We remorse to tell that because of operational causes, Go First flights scheduled till ninth May 2023 have been cancelled… A full refund can be issued to the unique mode of fee shortly,” the airline mentioned in an replace on its web site.
