TAAI to severe links with foreign airlines

Hyderabad: The Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) on Thursday said that it has decided to severe links with foreign airlines and promote only national air carriers, following its ongoing skirmish with Singapore Airlines (SIA) over payment of commission.
Henceforth, TAAI will promote only Indian airlines, which are trying to bail themselves out of the current economic crisis, with help from the Central government, TAAI president Rajji Rai said in a press release issued here today.On the ongoing dispute between the travel agents and SIA, he said, what started off as a skirmish between SIA and the Indian travel agents last year is still going on as a battle for rights, even as other parties are getting involved.Since January 2009, anguished calls of travel agents, who are demanding their due commission from SIA, have gone unheeded, Rai said.He, however, added that airlines from Hong Kong and China were supporting the Indian travel agents.
09/07/09 PTI/Economic Times

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Categories: Foreign Jul 2009, Indian Aviation- In General Jul 2009