Former finance minister P Chidambaram Thursday took a dig at Air India, wondering whether the airline has found a new way to turn profitable through ticket cancellation charges after a flight he was to travel was cancelled.
The senior Congress leader was scheduled to travel from New Delhi to Mumbai on Saturday but the Air India flight was cancelled and a cancellation charge of Rs 3,000 was levied, according to tweets.
"I was booked Del-Mum by AI 665 for Saturday. Ticket issued. AI-not me-cancelled the flight today and charged me Rs 3,000 for cancellation!
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