Air India, a Tata Group-owned airline has announced a one time waiver in charges for flyers who are travelling between September 7 to September 11 to and from the Delhi International Airport. The decision has been taken keeping in mind the G20 Summit scheduled on September 9 and 10, 2023. A lot of airlines, anticipating heavy rush during these days, have announced to either cancel or reschedule flights. Various media reports state that almost 160 flights are cancelled between 8-10 September at the Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport.
Announcing on X, (formely Twitter), Air India wrote, “Important Announcement: There will be travel restrictions in Delhi between 7th and 11th September 2023. As a measure of goodwill, passengers holding confirmed ticket to fly to or from Delhi on these dates are being offered a one-time waiver of applicable charges, if they wish to change their date of travel or their flight.”
Important Announcement: There will be travel restrictions in Delhi between 7th and 11th September 2023. As a measure of goodwill, passengers holding confirmed ticket to fly to or from Delhi on these dates are being offered a one-time waiver of applicable charges, if they wish to…
— Air India (@airindia) September 5, 2023
It further said, “Only the fare difference for the rescheduled flight, if any, would be applicable. For any query related to this please contact us on +91 124-2641407 / +91 20-26231407.” Earlier, the civil aviation ministry ordered airlines to restrict the number of flights between September 8 and 10 to create parking space for the G20 flights.
Additionally, the Delhi police said that road travel to the airport would be affected from September 8 to 10 and has issued travel guidelines. Also, the Delhi Police has advised people to use the Delhi Metro’s Airport Express Line for hassle-free movement to Terminal 3 and 2 of the Delhi’s IGI airport and Magenta Line to Terminal 1 of the airport.