Helicopter services
start from Katra on the foothills and the flight will drop you at Sanjhichatt. This visit to the sacred Shrine, enveloped by the clouds is the beginning of a breathtaking heli-hop.
A. Guidelines for Availing Helicopter Ticket at
"Current Heli-Ticket Counter" :
1. Yatra Registration Slip is mandatory for availing
Helicopter ticket at "Current Heli-ticket Counter".
2. ID Proof of all the members of family (who intent to
avail Heli ticket) will be required for current
booking.
3. Proof of travel documents by Air/Train/Bus/Taxi is
required like Train/Bus Tickets or any other proof.
4. Yatries shall beware of Touts/Travel Agents taking money
for Helicopter Tickets.
(Rate of Ticket (one side) Rs.1830/- per person.)
5.
The tax rates as applicable shall charged on the date of
Travel at the respective location in
Katra/Sanjichhat.
B. Guidelines for Online Heli ticket
Booking:-
You can register by click on New Devotee sign up create user name and password, close all links and open the website page again. Login with the user name and password, click
on Helicopter Services, select date, route, no. of passenger, time etc., enter other passenger detail. At the end click on payment gateway, link open the bank site you can enter credit card number, CVV number (at back side of credit card) and expiry date. If the bank will accept your credit card and the message appear for Non secure site you can click on yes. Your booking is completed. You can obtain the printout of said page.
Please Note: In
case the devotee has failed to take the print out of the
reservation or in case any problem is being faced during
transaction.
It is essential
that the Devotee must check its Transaction Status in
Successful Transaction details, Failed Transaction details
and Refund Status of Failed Transaction details by
simply login into the Online Services on our website
with their correct username and password before repeating
any transaction or making any new transaction.
If your
Transaction is clearly showing up in the Successful
Transaction details, then you need not to repeat the
same reservation. You can simply take the printout of your
reservation by clicking on the re-print option.
If your
Transaction is clearly showing up in the Failed
Transaction details, then your Transaction could be of
Failure Status and no reservation is allotted against the
Failure transaction.
The mere
deduction of amount by the respective Bank of the Devotee
shall not be considered as confirmation for the reservation.
In
case the amount has been deducted by the Bank and the
transaction is showing-up in the “Failed Transaction
details or Refund Status of Failed Transaction details”,
then the Transaction could be of failure status and no
reservation is allotted against the Failure transaction.
The Devotee is requested to please forward their Transaction
details viz. Track ID No/ Trace No, user ID and transaction
date to
online@maavaishnodevi.org for reconciliation and
processing the refund case.
Any
refunds against the failure transaction shall be made online
in due course of time into the respective card accounts of
the devotee.
For any refund issue please send request at
online@maavaishnodevi.org within 30 days after the
date of travel. No request for refund shall be entertained
beyond the specified period.
1. Passengers are requested to report at the departure heliport one hour before the notified departure time of the flight or at Reporting Time mentioned in the PTD. Passengers reporting beyond these timings shall be treated as “NO SHOW”
, no refund against the NO SHOW Ticket.
2. Children below 2 years of age will be carried free of cost. However, such children shall be carried in the lap of the accompanying adult. In case of dispute regarding age of infant, valid proof of age shall be the deciding factor
HELICOPTER OPERATIONS
(A) |
The Helicopters shall operate subject to fair weather condition, clear visibility of the range prescribed by the DGCA and clearance by the ATC. |
(B) |
The flight from Katra to
Sanjichhat takes a total of
approx. 08 minutes. |
(C) |
5-6 passengers can be accommodated in one flight. |
(D) |
One way fare from Katra to Sanjichhat or Sanjichhat to Katra
(Fare Rs.1830/- ) per passenger
and Katra-Sanjichhat-Katra (Fare Rs.3660/-) per
passenger. |
(E) |
Helipad is approx. 2 Km. from Bus Stand Katra at Udhampur Road. Vaishnodevi Bhawan is approx. 2.5 Km. from Helipad Sanjichhat. |
(F) |
Online
Helicopter
Booking once done, shall not be
Postponed or Pre-poned. However, in respect of
online booked helicopter tickets for travel on
Katra – Sanjichatt- Katra sector, the following
policy for the cancellation and refund of
helicopter ticket shall apply:
-
Online Helicopter tickets booked through Shrine
Board’s website shall be cancelled through
Online Mode
only, which facility is available on
Shrine Board’s official website. No request for
cancellation of Online helicopter tickets shall
be entertained through any mode other than
Online cancellation. Request for such
cancellation by approaching any of counters of
SMVDSB through physical production of tickets
etc.
shall not be entertained under any circumstance.
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Yatris who have booked their helicopter tickets
through Shrine Board's official website can
cancel their helicopter tickets online by
logging on the website with their username and
password.
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70%
of the
Fare
shall be refunded to the Yatris who have booked their helicopter tickets
through
Shrine Board’s official website, and have
subsequently cancelled their tickets online for
whatever reasons. Remaining
30%
of the amount for the booked ticket shall accrue
to the Shrine Board as processing charges.
-
The cancellation can be made upto (and not
after) 02
days before the scheduled date of travel.
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The refund shall be made ordinarily by the
Shrine Board within 15 days from the date of
cancellation of the tickets.
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The amount of refund shall be reimbursed online
into the same account of the Debit/Credit Card
through which the transaction was made for
booking of the tickets.
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(G) |
Full fare
refund shall be made only in case of
cancellation of helicopter operations due to bad
weather/technical reasons at the end of Helicopter
Operators.
Passengers are requested to submit their online
Helicopter Ticket in person to the concerned
helicopter operator against proper receipt for the
online refund. |
(H) |
Once booked, the ticket shall be non transferable. |
(I) |
In case of failure transactions on Shrine Board's Website refund shall be made by the Shrine Board |
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