Agents threaten foreign carriers

New Delhi: Travel agents across the country today threatened to boycott leading foreign carriers such as British Airways and Delta Air from this month as the carriers plan to discontinue paying commission to them.
Major travel agents' associations like Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI), The Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI), IATA Agents Association of India (IAAI) and The Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) will meet tomorrow to chart out their course of action to deal with the growing number of foreign airlines, who have either stopped paying the commission or plan to do so in future.
“All major associations, including TAAI, TAFI, IAAI and IATO, are meeting tomorrow. Most likely we will boycott Delta Air and British Airways from this month,” TAAI president Mr Rajji Rai said.
The travel agents had already discontinued selling Singapore Airlines tickets and the sale had gone down by over half in three days since the agents' action, Mr Rai added.
01/01/09 The Statesman

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Categories: Foreign Jan 2009