Surat connected with lone flight

Surat: High flying Surtis are left dangling on a lone wing after Spice Jet on Wednesday announced the suspension of its Delhi and Hyderabad flight operations from Surat till June 30. The Surat airport is now operating with only a single flight by IndiGo between Surat and Delhi.
When domestic flight operations resumed on May 25, both Spice Jet and IndiGo were operating flights connecting Surat to Delhi and Hyderabad.
According to the latest data from the Airports Authority of India (AAI), about 6,500 passengers travelled to and from Surat airport since May 25. There were about 174 flight movements at the airport, out of which 100 were commercial flights.
Spokesperson of Spice Jet told TOI, “We have suspended flights from Surat to Delhi and Hyderabad till June 30 due to operational issues. Once these issues are sorted out, flight operations will resume normally.”
The airlines are therefore unable to operate pairing flights from bigger airports due to parking issues. Also, passengers are avoiding air travel due to the mandatory quarantine rule for 14 days.
Pre-lockdown, there were about 20 flight movements per day from Surat airport to various important destinations across the country. About 4,000 passengers were travelling from the airport every day.
President of Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ketan Desai said, “Majority of the business travellers from Surat are avoiding air travel due to the mandatory 14 days quarantine rule and flights are operating at less than 50% capacity. It is expected that operations will be normalised after July 1.”