Kingfisher Airlines — Cancellation of flight

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Mumbai Suburban, Maharashtra

I had made booking on Kingfisher flight IT3146 (Indore to Mumbai) for November 7th, 2010. I had made this booking in September 1st week.

On October 25th, I received a call from Kingfisher airlines saying that the flight has been cancelled. I've never heard of something like this. How can these cancel a flight in the peak holiday season and expect their passengers to make alternate arrangements ?

The rates on other carriers are almost 3 times of what they were, when I had made this booking. Before these cancel the flight, they should consider all these apects. In spite of asking a dozen times, I was only told that the flight has been cancelled due to "Operational reasons". I can understand a last minute technical snag or operational issue, but how can an operational issue occur 13 days in advance ?