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1od with complete cancellation records. "Cancelled" counts traveller-initiated, refund-processed cancellations — it does not measure operator-cancelled sailings, which are handled by rebooking and described qualitatively above. No personal data was used in the aggregates. The pipeline runs annually; this page updates with each season. ')])],-1)),t("section",ee,[e[23]||(e[23]=t("h2",{class:"font-display text-2xl font-semibold text-deepsea-950"},"The ferry-fear questions, answered straight",-1)),t("div",te,[(h(),u(f,null,x(g,n=>t("details",{key:n.q,class:"group py-5"},[t("summary",se,[t("h3",ae,i(n.q),1),a(l,{name:"lucide:chevron-down",class:"mt-1 h-5 w-5 shrink-0 text-lagoon-700 transition-transform group-open:rotate-180","aria-hidden":"true"})]),t("p",ne,i(n.a),1)])),64))])]),t("section",oe,[e[32]||(e[32]=t("h2",{class:"font-display text-2xl font-semibold text-deepsea-950"},"Plan around the sea, not against it",-1)),t("ul",re,[t("li",null,[a(r,{to:"/andaman-itinerary",class:"font-semibold text-lagoon-700 underline-offset-4 hover:underline"},{default:o(()=>[...e[24]||(e[24]=[s("Day-by-day itineraries",-1)])]),_:1}),e[25]||(e[25]=t("span",{class:"text-sm text-deepsea-600"}," — with explicit overnight stops and departure days.",-1))]),t("li",null,[a(r,{to:"/how-to-reach-andaman",class:"font-semibold text-lagoon-700 underline-offset-4 hover:underline"},{default:o(()=>[...e[26]||(e[26]=[s("How to reach Andaman",-1)])]),_:1}),e[27]||(e[27]=t("span",{class:"text-sm text-deepsea-600"}," — flights, the airport, the ship option.",-1))]),t("li",null,[a(r,{to:"/andaman-weather-best-time-to-visit",class:"font-semibold text-lagoon-700 underline-offset-4 hover:underline"},{default:o(()=>[...e[28]||(e[28]=[s("Weather by month",-1)])]),_:1}),e[29]||(e[29]=t("span",{class:"text-sm text-deepsea-600"}," — the sea-state truth behind this data.",-1))]),t("li",null,[a(r,{to:"/best-time-to-visit-andaman",class:"font-semibold text-lagoon-700 underline-offset-4 hover:underline"},{default:o(()=>[...e[30]||(e[30]=[s("Best time to visit",-1)])]),_:1}),e[31]||(e[31]=t("span",{class:"text-sm text-deepsea-600"}," — verdicts and prices, season by season.",-1))])])]),t("section",ie,[e[38]||(e[38]=t("h2",{class:"font-mono text-[11px] font-medium uppercase tracking-[0.22em] text-lagoon-700"},"How this page stays true",-1)),t("p",le,[e[34]||(e[34]=s(" Every figure on this page is machine-generated from the booking records — no rounding stories, no hand-tuning — and the analysis window is stated so the numbers can be checked against next year's update. Published ",-1)),e[35]||(e[35]=t("strong",null,"July 2026",-1)),e[36]||(e[36]=s("; refreshed annually after each season. If you use this data, credit bookyourferry.com and link this page. Our other open-data study — 11 years of Port Blair flight arrivals — is at ",-1)),a(r,{to:"/andaman-flight-connectivity-data",class:"font-semibold text-lagoon-700 underline-offset-4 hover:underline"},{default:o(()=>[...e[33]||(e[33]=[s("Andaman air connectivity",-1)])]),_:1}),e[37]||(e[37]=s(". ",-1))])]),t("section",de,[e[40]||(e[40]=t("div",null,[t("h2",{class:"font-display text-2xl font-semibold text-deepsea-950"},"Ferries, planned by the people who book them daily."),t("p",{class:"mt-2 max-w-xl text-[0.95rem] leading-relaxed text-deepsea-700"}," Tell us your dates — we sequence the crossings, allow time between journeys, and handle the rebooking if the sea has other plans. ")],-1)),t("div",me,[a(A,{size:"lg",onClick:e[0]||(e[0]=n=>c(b)({source:"page:ferry-data",topic:"Ferry planning",waHref:k}))},{default:o(()=>[a(l,{name:"lucide:message-circle",class:"h-5 w-5"}),e[39]||(e[39]=s(" Plan my crossings ",-1))]),_:1}),t("a",{href:`tel:${c(m).phoneRaw}`,class:"font-mono text-sm text-lagoon-700 underline-offset-4 hover:underline"},i(c(m).phoneDisplay),9,pe)])])])])}}});export{we as default};