India-Pakistan ICC World Cup: It's raining charters at Ahmedabad airport
private jet flights-four times the usual traffic-will ferry some of India's wealthiest people to and from Ahmedabad, as per data from the city airport.
Reason: the much-awaited India-Pakistan match of the ICC World Cup to be held at the Narendra Modi stadium, the world's largest cricket ground, on Saturday.
The 48-match tournament runs till November 19.
The Ahmedabad airport has run out of parking slots for private jets, said a person in the know. It's giving conditional approval to some of these jets and asking the rest to park at other airports such as Surat and Mumbai.
«The last time we saw such massive demand for private jets was during Isha Ambani's wedding,» said Kanika Tekriwal, founder of JetSetGo, a charter operator and aggregator, referring to the opulent wedding of India's richest man Mukesh Ambani's daughter.
Tekriwal said all her company's private charters — own aircraft and arranged — are headed to Ahmedabad on Saturday.
Tekriwal said the bulk of her customers are high and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, from Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru. The remainder are companies that have arranged flights for their top employees.
Most flights will land at 1 pm at the city airport for the match that starts at 2 pm.
«Major events like the ICC World Cup have increased the demand for private jets.
