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Travelling in India has become an easy affair in the last decade, more so if you are looking to avail flight services. With a number of players in the domestic aviation sector starting their services to numerous destinations in the nation, more people have started traveling by air. Gone are the days, when flights were regarded as a luxury by Indians with the rates of tickets coming within the reach of the middle-class. There are plenty of reasons, which have promoted aviation in the country, resulting in domestic airlines to have a packed flight schedule.

Now that you have booked your flight tickets after thoroughly researching several travel portals, half of the work is done. However, it is important to keep a note of the flight status as the schedule of different airlines keep on changing due to a number of circumstances. There may be situations when the airline, which has sold the ticket to you, will not use its aircraft for your journey.

Checking flight status before the journey is an extremely important factor for fliers, be it first timers or frequent ones. It does not matter whether the tickets have been booked via a travel agent, at airport counters or even online, it is always advised to check the reservations a number of times before the scheduled departure.

There have been countless occasions when travellers were left stranded at an airport terminal as they had no clue about the flight status beforehand. Eighty per cent of the frequent fliers must have faced this scenario where they found that their flight had been delayed or cancelled altogether.

SpiceJet, one of the low-cost carriers (LCCs) operational in India, has decided to give more options for travellers to book a cheap air ticket. It has organised a lucky draw on the basis of which, it will be giving out one lakh free tickets.