IAAI to honour Rajyasabha MP’s for helping to restore agency commissions

New Delhi: IATA Agents Association of India (IAAI) on behalf of other associations like TAAI, ETTA, TAFI, IATO, ADTOI will honour Rajyasabha MP’s who helped the travel trade fraternity in getting back agency commissions at a ceremony to be held in Kerala on the ninth of this month. Biji Eapen, President, IAAI informed that the main objective of the ceremony is to pay respect to the MP’s who supported the travel agents immensely in demanding five per cent commission. At the ceremony IAAI will submit a special memorandum to Sitaram Yechury, Chairman, Parliamentary Committee, Aviation and Transportation. The special memorandum will ask for constituting an airline regulatory body for the operation and distribution channel of airline tickets and also to make commission as the right of travel agents. Along with Yechury, other distinguished MP’s like Brida Karat, Tapan Zen, Dr. M K Pande, Verender Kumar and Chandran Pillai will also attend the ceremony.
Rajyasabha MP’s recently supported travel associations at the parliamentary sessions by raising questions against zero commission. Recently IAAI conducted series of protest meetings in the capital against airline’s zero commission regime along with other associations (TAAI, ETTA, TAFI, IATO, ADTOI). In a meeting held recently at the Constitution Club of India, New Delhi, IAAI had drawn the attention of Civil Aviation Minister, Praful Patel on the behest of Brinda Karat, Rajyasabha MP about the agency commission.
08/01/09 Anish V Punnackattu/Travel Biz Monitor

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Jan 2009