Stuck in traffic, many Punekars miss flights

Traffic congestion in Pune city has increased to such an extent that passengers travelling to and from Pune airport are also impacted by it.

- Dheeraj Bengrut

PUNE: Several flyers have missed their flights as they were stuck in traffic and reached the Lohegaon Pune airport late. A day ago, a flyer wasn't allowed to board the flight as the check-in counter had been closed by the respective airline.

Dev Negi, a flyer, recounted, "My friend had a flight on January 23 from Pune to Delhi at 2.50 pm. We were an hour late due to traffic but still reached the airport at 1.50 pm. However, the Indigo people clearly told us that the counter is closed and that we cannot board the flight. I want to ask Indigo why we were not allowed to board the flight despite there being an hour left for take-off. I did not like what Indigo did. I will never travel by Indigo now and neither will I ask any of my friends to travel by Indigo."