Jaipur-bound GoAir flight delayed by three hours

A Jaipur-bound GoAir flight got delayed by over three hours today with a section of the passengers complaining that the airline did not inform about the late departure.

GoAir, however, refuted the charge.

There were around 150 passengers on board GoAir Mumbai-Jaipur flight, which was  scheduled to take off at 2.50pm, which finally departed for its destination at around 6.30pm.

"The flight was scheduled to take off at 2.50pm. When we reached the airport and were issued the boarding pass, the airline informed that our flight was delayed by two hours," a passengers said.

The airline, however, did not give any reason for the delay and kept informing the passengers that the flight would take off soon, the passenger alleged.

"None of the airline staff informed us about the takeoff time," he said.

When contacted, GoAir said that the delay was caused by the fog at the Bangalore airport.

"It was a Bangalore-Mumbai-Jaipur flight (G8-111). The delay  happened at the Bangalore airport due to the fog there and the flight could not take off on its schedule time," a GoAir spokesperson said.

The airline informed the delay to all the passengers through text messages and those whose mobile numbers were not available were informed on their alternative numbers, the airline said.