New Delhi: The debate over airlines raising revenues has been reignited with the impending arrival of ultra low cost airline AirAsia in India. AirAsia charges passengers over and above ticket prices for everything – for every piece of check-in luggage, for preferred seats, for meals and for blankets.
When it begins operations later this year in the domestic market, wouldn’t there be a clamour for similar charges by other LCCs?
A source in DGCA said it was possible that airlines would imitate AirAsia’s model and seek permission to levy these charges.
“But airlines have just been talking about these, no one has made any formal request to the DGCA to look into this issue till now.”
These sources also said airlines such as IndiGo and GoAir already offer preferred seats with meals and this service is chargeable.
16/04/13 Sindhu Bhattacharya/First Post.com
