{"id":30180,"date":"2023-04-07T17:19:07","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T11:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=30180"},"modified":"2023-04-07T17:19:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T11:49:11","slug":"qatar-airways-declined-to-let-a-student-from-bengaluru-fly-to-canada-via-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/07\/qatar-airways-declined-to-let-a-student-from-bengaluru-fly-to-canada-via-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Qatar Airways declined to let a student from Bengaluru fly to Canada via the US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A student of 25 years old, had been granted a student visa for Canada and had been accepted into a master&#8217;s programme in arts and entertainment management at a college in Vancouver.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-qatar-airways-airport-staff\">Qatar Airways airport staff <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qatarairways.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Qatar Airways <\/a><\/strong>airport staff at the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bengaluruairport.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kempagowda International Airport<\/a><\/strong> on Wednesday refused to board a 25-year-old Bengaluru student who was travelling to Vancouver, Canada, for further education because she lacked the necessary US visa despite having booked flights that included a two-hour layover in Seattle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/T0705QATAR_C-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16791\" width=\"1034\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/T0705QATAR_C-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/T0705QATAR_C-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/T0705QATAR_C-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/T0705QATAR_C-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/T0705QATAR_C-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/T0705QATAR_C.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1034px) 100vw, 1034px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Qatar Airways | Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-25-year-old-student-simran\">A 25-year-old student,\u00a0Simran<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>She was headed to Vancouver for higher education. The woman, Simran, had obtained her Canadian student visa and had been accepted into a master&#8217;s programme in arts and entertainment management at a university in Vancouver.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>With her lessons commencing in April, she reserved her plane tickets to Vancouver in early January.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also, read             <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/19\/karnataka-government-break-buildings-taller-than-45m-near-jakkur-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Karnataka Government: Break buildings taller than 45m near Jakkur airport<\/a>           <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/05\/on-saturday-pm-modi-will-be-inaugurating-a-new-built-terminal-at-chennai-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">On Saturday, PM Modi will be inaugurating a new built terminal at Chennai Airport<\/a>        <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/16\/indigo-to-fly-new-boeing-777-on-delhi-istanbul-route-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IndiGo to Fly New Boeing 777 on Delhi-Istanbul Route | Exclusive<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Qatar-Airways-Airbus-A350-1041-A7-ANQ-1-1000x667-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19406\" width=\"1034\" height=\"690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Qatar-Airways-Airbus-A350-1041-A7-ANQ-1-1000x667-1.webp 1000w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Qatar-Airways-Airbus-A350-1041-A7-ANQ-1-1000x667-1-600x400.webp 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Qatar-Airways-Airbus-A350-1041-A7-ANQ-1-1000x667-1-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Qatar-Airways-Airbus-A350-1041-A7-ANQ-1-1000x667-1-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Qatar-Airways-Airbus-A350-1041-A7-ANQ-1-1000x667-1-750x500.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1034px) 100vw, 1034px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Qatar Airways |  Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-flight-from-bengaluru-to-doha\">Flight from Bengaluru to Doha<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>She had purchased Rs 77,000 for an economy class ticket and arrived at the airport in Bengaluru early on Wednesday to board the flight from Bengaluru to Doha. She then had flights from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Doha <\/a><\/strong>to Seattle and Seattle to Vancouver planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;To my surprise, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Qatar Airways <\/a><\/strong>ground employees informed me that I was unable to board the flight because I did not possess a current US travel visa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simran, who was compelled to cancel the trip and return home, told , &#8220;I was quite disappointed since when I was booking my ticket on the platform it didn&#8217;t provide me with any information on the US visa, else I would have done the required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the end, she had to pay an additional Rs 1.4 lakh to book a British Airways ticket that did not require a transit visa to Vancouver through London and Toronto. The processing of her Qatar Airways reimbursement has begun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Qatar-Airways-Airbus-A350-1041-A7-AND.jpg-2-1000x667-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17005\" width=\"1034\" height=\"690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Qatar-Airways-Airbus-A350-1041-A7-AND.jpg-2-1000x667-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Qatar-Airways-Airbus-A350-1041-A7-AND.jpg-2-1000x667-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Qatar-Airways-Airbus-A350-1041-A7-AND.jpg-2-1000x667-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Qatar-Airways-Airbus-A350-1041-A7-AND.jpg-2-1000x667-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Qatar-Airways-Airbus-A350-1041-A7-AND.jpg-2-1000x667-1-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1034px) 100vw, 1034px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Qatar Airways | Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>According to regulations, holders of Indian passports who travel through the US on their way to a final destination are required to obtain a US transit visa; otherwise, they will not be permitted to board a flight from their airport of origin.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thank you<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stay updated with Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qatar Airways declined to let a student from Bengaluru fly to Canada via the US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7215,7216,7217,7218,6761],"tags":[392,104,79,2030,960,115,81,1117],"class_list":{"0":"post-30180","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-airline-news","8":"category-aviation-news","9":"category-indian-aviation-news","10":"category-international-aviation-news","11":"category-news","12":"tag-airlines-news","13":"tag-airport","14":"tag-aviation","15":"tag-aviation-a2z-news","16":"tag-bengaluru","17":"tag-india","18":"tag-latest-aviation-news","19":"tag-qatar-airways"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30181,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30180\/revisions\/30181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}