Sources said Ravindra Gaikwad's booking on Pune to Ahmedabad flight (SG 524) for April 3 has been cancelled by SpiceJet.
SpiceJet cancelled the ticket of Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad, who has been barred by domestic airlines from flying after he assaulted an Air India staffer last month. After Air India and IndiGo, SpiceJet is the third carrier to cancel the ticket of the Lok Sabha member.
Sources said Gaikwad's booking on Pune to Ahmedabad flight (SG 524) for April 3 has been cancelled by SpiceJet. Following the incident, Air India along with four private airlines banned him from flying on their aircraft. The domestic airlines' body Federation of India Airlines (FIA) has taken a "strong view" of the incident and accordingly taken a decision to bar the MP from flying on their network, FIA sources said.
Jet Airways and three budget carriers -- IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir -- are the members of the FIA. Apart from Air India, IndiGo had cancelled Gaikwad's booking after the assault incident. Earlier this week, Air India cancelled two tickets booked by the MP on Delhi-bound flights. On March 23, Gaikwad had repeatedly hit an Air India staffer with a sandal over not being given a business class seat despite having insisted on boarding an all-economy flight.
The Shiv Sena on Saturday continued to express their strong support towards their MP Ravindra Gaikwad, who is now on a ‘no-fly’ list for assaulting an Air India staffer, saying that people are viewing the entire incident one-sidedly and no looking at the other side of the story.
‘I have no explanation as to why such negative remarks were against Ravindra Gaikwad, he has always been nice and polite to people. Taking action on him for such behaviour is not right, people are only looking at one side of the coin,’ Shiv Sena leader Arvind Sawant told ANI.
Sawant further stated that Gaikwad’s behaviour was provoked and that action should be taken on the airline, and not the MP.
‘A person who is known for his balanced behaviour was provoked, is what I can say. Even he (Gaikwad) was harassed but no one is speaking on it,’ said Sawant.
Earlier in the week, Gaikwad informed that he has apprised Minister of State (MoS) for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha, who responded by assuring that he would look into the matter.
Gaikwad had come into limelight due to the recent incident where he assaulted an Air India staffer by beating him with his slipper.
Gaikwad had also submitted a complaint against Air India before the Delhi Police alleging that he was pushed and yelled on.
In his complaint, Gaikwad, who allegedly manhandled Air India staffer, said he was made to travel by Air India on economy class even as he had business class ticket.
With inputs from PTI and ANI
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