Ottawa: Many travelers traveling through Toronto Pearson International Airport are complaining about not getting their bags even after waiting for several days.

At Toronto Pearson International Airport, hundreds of bags are seen lying in the waiting area of Terminal 1. One person, who did not wish to be named, said he had landed at the airport a day before Christmas with a small gift and ski gear, but was yet to receive his luggage. He said that it is very bad that you have to spend your Christmas looking for your belongings, it is very disappointing.

Another woman said she landed at Toronto Pearson Airport on December 24. But she has made several trips to the airport to pick up her bags but is yet to find only one of the four bags. Travellers said that most of the staff is also not there due to the holiday season.

Similar complaints have been made by other people, and Toronto Pearson International Airport officials acknowledged the problem on Twitter as well.

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New Delhi: Airfares from Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata to Patna have registered a three-fold increase ahead of the festive season. On October 22, the ticket for a flight from Delhi to Patna was Rs 14,000, while the airfare from Mumbai to Patna reached Rs 20,000. Patna’s current fare from these two places is higher than the rate from Delhi to Sharjah, which is Rs 11,000.

The current ticket from Delhi to Bangkok is priced at Rs 10,500 and Delhi to Singapore is priced at Rs 13,000. Air tickets from Kolkata to Patna have been increased to Rs 10,500.

Airline companies are taking advantage of the flexible fare policy during the season. Experts believe that this boom can continue. Air tickets from cities like Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Surat etc. have also increased.

One of the biggest reasons for the increase in airfares is the shortage of train tickets. The waiting lists in trains are too high and Tatkal tickets are also not available.

Meanwhile, the Northern Railway has decided to run 32 additional mail and express trains to Patna, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga, Jai Nagar, Kishanganj, Katihar, Barauni (Begusarai) to give some relief to the passengers. Authorities claim to run a total of 211 trains till Chhath Puja. The trains will start from Jammu, Amritsar, Ferozepur, Delhi, Bhiwani and Pathankot.

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New Delhi: Domestic airline SpiceJet has made airfare costly. The airline’s decision came after the price hike of ATF (Air Turbie Fuel).

SpiceJet Chairman and MD Ajay Singh has said that due to the fall in the rupee against the expensive ATF and dollar, he is left with no option but to make the airfare expensive as it is affecting the cost of operation.

He said that since June 2021, the price of air fuel has increased by 120 per cent.

Ajay Singh has demanded the Centre and the state government to reduce the tax on ATF. It is believed that after this decision of SpiceJet, other airlines may also decide to increase the airfare.

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