No extra charge on choice of seat in low cost airlines: Govt
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In good news for air travellers flying low cost airlines, there will be no extra charge for the choice of their seats any more. This was stated by Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi in reply to a written question in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, Economic Times reported. He said it was observed that few scheduled airlines were charging an amount of INR 50 to INR 4,000 for seat assignment, which was over and above the fare charge by the airlines. “With a view to maintain transparency in tariff publication, Directorate General of Civil Aviation has written to scheduled domestic airlines on July 15, 2011 to withdraw such charges,” Ravi said in his reply. Accordingly, airlines, Air India Express, SpiceJet, Go Air and IndiGo have withdrawn seat assignment, he had said.Some low cost airlines were charging an amount from the passengers who used to book their seats using web booking.
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