The farmers’ agitation near the borders of the national capital is proving to be a hurdle for those who have to travel to Delhi, especially businessmen and those have to fly out to other destinations in India and abroad. With trains being cancelled and uncertainty about clearance of roads till Delhi, people are preferring to take flights from Ludhiana and nearby airports like Chandigarh and Amritsar. Consequentially, this has pushed up rates of air tickets to Delhi to over Rs 10,000 from the earlier Rs 2,500 or so. In a double blow for air passengers booked on international flights, they have to incur extra baggage charges, running into several thousand in penalty as 30kg luggage is allowed on international sector while the limit for domestic flights is 15 kg.
