<p>"We operated three special flights on Delhi-Leh-Delhi sector today and flew back 331 passengers from Leh who were stranded there due to cloudburst," an Air India spokesperson said.<br /><br />The Airline charged a single special fare of Rs 9000 instead of regular fare of Rs 11,661 from the passengers, he said. The flights had left Leh at 7.50, 11.05 and 11.40 this morning.<br /><br />Air India has decided to operate four special flights on Delhi-Leh-Delhi sector tomorrow, and one each additional flight on Jammu-Leh-Jammu sector and Srinagar-Leh-Srinagar sector.<br /><br />The flights will leave for Delhi at 5.25am, 5.30am, 8.15am and 9.15am tomorrow and the fare will be Rs 9000 only, the spokesperson said.<br /><br />Since the tragedy, Air India has operated six special flights from Leh out of which five were on Delhi-Leh-Delhi sector and one on Jammu-Leh-Jammu sector and flew back a total number of 553 passengers to Delhi and 103 passengers to Jammu.<br /><br />Yesterday, the airline had deployed two Airbus 320 aircraft to bring passengers from Leh to Delhi and one from Leh to Jammu.<br /><br />The Civil Aviation ministry had yesterday asked Air India, Jet airways and Kingfisher airlines to operate three flights each to bring back the stranded passengers for today.<br />The Ministry had also asked them not to charge exorbitant fare following the complaint from the air travellers.<br /><br />The Kingfisher airline today operated two flights from Leh to Delhi and brought back 290 tourists.<br /><br />"We operated today one scheduled flight and an additional flight to bring back the tourists. We deployed Airbus 320 aircraft with a capacity of 175 seats but due to load penalty we could only accommodate 145 passengers in each flights," a Kingfisher spokesperson said.<br /><br />Load Penalty is the restrictions followed by the airlines which operate to Leh airport to carry a certain amount of load including the passengers and baggages as the airport is situated at high altitude and does not have a long runway.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Kingfisher will operate four of its flights -- one scheduled and three additional -- from Leh to Delhi tomorrow</p>
<p>"We operated three special flights on Delhi-Leh-Delhi sector today and flew back 331 passengers from Leh who were stranded there due to cloudburst," an Air India spokesperson said.<br /><br />The Airline charged a single special fare of Rs 9000 instead of regular fare of Rs 11,661 from the passengers, he said. The flights had left Leh at 7.50, 11.05 and 11.40 this morning.<br /><br />Air India has decided to operate four special flights on Delhi-Leh-Delhi sector tomorrow, and one each additional flight on Jammu-Leh-Jammu sector and Srinagar-Leh-Srinagar sector.<br /><br />The flights will leave for Delhi at 5.25am, 5.30am, 8.15am and 9.15am tomorrow and the fare will be Rs 9000 only, the spokesperson said.<br /><br />Since the tragedy, Air India has operated six special flights from Leh out of which five were on Delhi-Leh-Delhi sector and one on Jammu-Leh-Jammu sector and flew back a total number of 553 passengers to Delhi and 103 passengers to Jammu.<br /><br />Yesterday, the airline had deployed two Airbus 320 aircraft to bring passengers from Leh to Delhi and one from Leh to Jammu.<br /><br />The Civil Aviation ministry had yesterday asked Air India, Jet airways and Kingfisher airlines to operate three flights each to bring back the stranded passengers for today.<br />The Ministry had also asked them not to charge exorbitant fare following the complaint from the air travellers.<br /><br />The Kingfisher airline today operated two flights from Leh to Delhi and brought back 290 tourists.<br /><br />"We operated today one scheduled flight and an additional flight to bring back the tourists. We deployed Airbus 320 aircraft with a capacity of 175 seats but due to load penalty we could only accommodate 145 passengers in each flights," a Kingfisher spokesperson said.<br /><br />Load Penalty is the restrictions followed by the airlines which operate to Leh airport to carry a certain amount of load including the passengers and baggages as the airport is situated at high altitude and does not have a long runway.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Kingfisher will operate four of its flights -- one scheduled and three additional -- from Leh to Delhi tomorrow</p>