Call to boycott airlines paying lower commission held void

The Competition Commission of India, vide its order dated November 17, 2011 through a majority judgement, has held as illegal the call for boycott of certain foreign airlines flying from India given by the associations to which the Indian travel agents belonged following first reduction of commission from the historical nine per cent of the fare to five per cent and then switching over to the fee-per-transaction dispensation replacing the commission mode of compensation for the agents in the process.
The Commission held that such a boycott denied the travellers the services of these airlines and thus amounted to restricting competition and choice to travellers.
21/12/11 Murlidharan S/Business Line

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Categories: Foreign Dec 2011, Indian Aviation- In General Dec 2011