KOCHI: The overnight withdrawal of services and liquidation of Bahrain Air have panicked its staff, besides confusing passengers and travel agents.
According to a posting on the airline's website, the decision to announce the company's immediate suspension of operations was taken at its extraordinary general meeting (EGM) held in Bahrain on Tuesday.
Even the airline staff came to know of the decision late last night. "We had no clue. We have been rendered jobless all of a sudden," an outgoing senior official of the airline in Kerala said.
Bahrain Air had been operating 18 services a week from India: five each from Kochi and Kozhikode, and four each from Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram. "Out of these, the services from Thiruvananthapuram were cancelled from February 1,'' a former official said.
Passengers, who had no clue about the late-night developments, had gone to Kozhikode airport in the morning as the flight was to depart from there to Bahrain at 5.10 am. "We couldn't communicate to passengers as we came to know about the cancellation of flights only late in the evening,'' said an official in-charge of Bahrain Air in Kozhikode. There were 150 bookings from Kozhikode to Bahrain on Wednesday, he said.
"I have to reach Bahrain urgently. I reached at the airport early in the morning. I'm told that I will get my ticket refunded as well as the taxi fare,'' said P Jaiffer from Pariyaram in Kannur district.
The agents are also in a fix. "We had a group booking for 48 passengers for February 24. We had paid about Rs 12 lakh in advance for this. Now we don't know how will we get the refunds,'' said an official of the Kochi-based Alban Travels India.
Another outgoing official from the airline said from Bahrain that the India sector was the largest segment of operations of Bahrain Air, which started operations in 2008. "We have a fleet of five leased aircraft and we operate flights to most of the GCC countries, as well as to Amman, Beirut and Tunisia. We had made some arrangements for passengers who were in transit," the officials said over the phone from Bahrain.
Kochi; The overnight withdrawal of services and liquidation of Bahrain Air have triggered off panic among passengers, travel agents and the staff of the airlines.
According to a posting at the Bahrain Air website, the decision to announce the company's immediate suspension of operations was taken at the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of the airline held in Bahrain on Tuesday.
The shareholders airline have also decided to file for voluntary liquidation in accordance with the Kingdom of Bahrain's Commercial Companies Law, the posting said. The debt burden caused by the disruption of services during the unstable political and security situation in Bahrain was attributed as the reason for the closure move.
Even the airline staff came to know of the decision late last night. We had no clue as this was in the offing. We have been rendered jobless all of a sudden, '' an outgoing senior official of the airline in Kerala told TOI here.
Passengers who had no clue on the late night developments had come to Kozhikode airport this morning as the flight was to depart from there to Bahrain at 5.10 am. The incoming flight from Bahrain was to land there around 3 am. We couldn't communicate to passengers as we came to know about the cancellation of flights only late evening,'' said the official who was in-charge, Bahrain Air in Kozhikode. There were 150 bookings from Kozhikode to Bahrain today, he said.
I had to reach Bahrain urgently. I've been running a cafeteria there for the last four years. I had reached the airport early in the morning to catch the flight. I'm told by the airline staff that I will get the refund of the ticket amount as well as the taxi fare,'' said P Jaiffer from Pariyaram in Kannur district. The agents are also in a fix. We had purchased 12 tickets to Bahrain from Kozhikode by remitting advance money for today (Wednesday), as is the usual procedure. Now we have to reimburse those amounts to the passengers, without really knowing when will we get the refund of we will get that all,'' said a travel agent at Thaliparambu in Kannur district.
We had a group booking for 48 passengers for February 24. We had paid about Rs 12 lakhs in advance for this. Now we don't know how will we get the refunds,'' said an official of the Kochi-based Alban Travels India.
Bahrain Air was operating 18 services per week from India-five each from Kochi and Kozhikode, and four each from Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram. Out of these the services from Thiruvananthapuram were cancelled from February 1,'' the former Bahrain Air official said .
Another outgoing official from the airline said from Bahrain that the India sector was the largest segment of operations of Bahrain Air, which started operations in 2008. We have a fleet of five leased aircraft and we operate flights to most of the GCC countries, as well as to Amman, Beirut and Tunisia. We had made some arrangements for passengers who were in transit,'' the officials said over phone from Bahrain.
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According to a posting on the airline's website, the decision to announce the company's immediate suspension of operations was taken at its extraordinary general meeting (EGM) held in Bahrain on Tuesday.
Even the airline staff came to know of the decision late last night. "We had no clue. We have been rendered jobless all of a sudden," an outgoing senior official of the airline in Kerala said.
Bahrain Air had been operating 18 services a week from India: five each from Kochi and Kozhikode, and four each from Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram. "Out of these, the services from Thiruvananthapuram were cancelled from February 1,'' a former official said.
Passengers, who had no clue about the late-night developments, had gone to Kozhikode airport in the morning as the flight was to depart from there to Bahrain at 5.10 am. "We couldn't communicate to passengers as we came to know about the cancellation of flights only late in the evening,'' said an official in-charge of Bahrain Air in Kozhikode. There were 150 bookings from Kozhikode to Bahrain on Wednesday, he said.
"I have to reach Bahrain urgently. I reached at the airport early in the morning. I'm told that I will get my ticket refunded as well as the taxi fare,'' said P Jaiffer from Pariyaram in Kannur district.
The agents are also in a fix. "We had a group booking for 48 passengers for February 24. We had paid about Rs 12 lakh in advance for this. Now we don't know how will we get the refunds,'' said an official of the Kochi-based Alban Travels India.
Another outgoing official from the airline said from Bahrain that the India sector was the largest segment of operations of Bahrain Air, which started operations in 2008. "We have a fleet of five leased aircraft and we operate flights to most of the GCC countries, as well as to Amman, Beirut and Tunisia. We had made some arrangements for passengers who were in transit," the officials said over the phone from Bahrain.
Kochi; The overnight withdrawal of services and liquidation of Bahrain Air have triggered off panic among passengers, travel agents and the staff of the airlines.
According to a posting at the Bahrain Air website, the decision to announce the company's immediate suspension of operations was taken at the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of the airline held in Bahrain on Tuesday.
The shareholders airline have also decided to file for voluntary liquidation in accordance with the Kingdom of Bahrain's Commercial Companies Law, the posting said. The debt burden caused by the disruption of services during the unstable political and security situation in Bahrain was attributed as the reason for the closure move.
Even the airline staff came to know of the decision late last night. We had no clue as this was in the offing. We have been rendered jobless all of a sudden, '' an outgoing senior official of the airline in Kerala told TOI here.
Passengers who had no clue on the late night developments had come to Kozhikode airport this morning as the flight was to depart from there to Bahrain at 5.10 am. The incoming flight from Bahrain was to land there around 3 am. We couldn't communicate to passengers as we came to know about the cancellation of flights only late evening,'' said the official who was in-charge, Bahrain Air in Kozhikode. There were 150 bookings from Kozhikode to Bahrain today, he said.
I had to reach Bahrain urgently. I've been running a cafeteria there for the last four years. I had reached the airport early in the morning to catch the flight. I'm told by the airline staff that I will get the refund of the ticket amount as well as the taxi fare,'' said P Jaiffer from Pariyaram in Kannur district. The agents are also in a fix. We had purchased 12 tickets to Bahrain from Kozhikode by remitting advance money for today (Wednesday), as is the usual procedure. Now we have to reimburse those amounts to the passengers, without really knowing when will we get the refund of we will get that all,'' said a travel agent at Thaliparambu in Kannur district.
We had a group booking for 48 passengers for February 24. We had paid about Rs 12 lakhs in advance for this. Now we don't know how will we get the refunds,'' said an official of the Kochi-based Alban Travels India.
Bahrain Air was operating 18 services per week from India-five each from Kochi and Kozhikode, and four each from Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram. Out of these the services from Thiruvananthapuram were cancelled from February 1,'' the former Bahrain Air official said .
Another outgoing official from the airline said from Bahrain that the India sector was the largest segment of operations of Bahrain Air, which started operations in 2008. We have a fleet of five leased aircraft and we operate flights to most of the GCC countries, as well as to Amman, Beirut and Tunisia. We had made some arrangements for passengers who were in transit,'' the officials said over phone from Bahrain.
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