The #ChennaiFloods saw a lot of support coming out for the people stranded in the city with people going out of their way to help each other in the rescue operations. But in the middle of all this, airlines received flak for raising their ticket prices.
One Facebook post by Anupam Anand has gone viral for all the right reasons. It tells the tale of the man who braved his way from Chennai to Bengaluru only to be told flights were full. But when he finally managed an exorbitantly priced ticket he saw that most of the flight was empty.
Dear Civil Aviation Ministry & PMO of India – in crisis situation of Tamilnadu , all flights were canceled and somehow…
Posted by Anupam Anand on Monday, 7 December 2015
Dear Civil Aviation Ministry & PMO of India – in crisis situation of Tamilnadu , all flights were canceled and somehow people manage to reach Banglore airport and each ticket costed that day was multifold amount. I paid 22k for one seat and had been told all seats are full people are waiting. Posted are pics of spice jet in mid air and you can see how many seats are available.. I could not take much pic but managed to few.these seats can be offered to Spl disabled , Girls ,women & old age people who were starving to back Delhi. Spice jet airlines behaves inhuman nd this is great example of why I shud not be intolerant on this issue. Do not use this airline in future and bring it down. I request rather liking this plz share as much as you can till it reaches to Ear of PMO & Civil Aviation ministry. I want strict action against Spice jet and other airlines who did the same. Despite this proud to be Indian and faith in Govt to bring justice.
Such behaviour on the account of the airlines at times of disaster is shameful.
ScoopWhoop has reached out to SpiceJet for a comment.
