Are you too tired of paying a little more than extra for your preferred seat on plane? With the recent increase in air fares caused due to extra charges levied on the choice of seat and luggage, passengers are having a hard time shelling out bucks more than necessary.
Though, the situation might get a little better in times to come as the government is contemplating to step in for damage control.
The recent ‘unbundling’ of some services such as seat preferences or meals on board might be helping airlines to earn a lot of ancillary revenue, but the government is considering whether it could limit the number of ‘preferred seats’ on sale on each flight.
According to a report published in PTI, “The government has been prompted to step in just days after it unbundled these services, following reports that some airlines were charging for a very large number of seats, with one of them even imposing fees for the ‘congested’ middle seat.”
20/05/13 Dailybhaskar.com
