Mumbai: Booking a flight ticket on Tuesday is likely to be tough, as thousands of travel agents have decided to shut business for a day to protest the lack of transparency in airfares.
“We demand transparency in airfare by the airlines. We also want the government to regulate fares so that the consumers are not exploited,” Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) president Iqbal Mulla said.
As many as 3,000 travel agents, owing allegiance to the TAAI, have decided to keep shutters down to protest airlines’ certain “unethical business practices” and also press for these demands, Mulla said.
“TAAI members contribute about 40 per cent to airline bookings,” he said.
Alleging that both the domestic and overseas carriers have adopted unethical practices, which are against the interest of passengers, Mulla said, “We urge the government to take serious note of it and initiate action.”
05/05/13 PTI/The Telegraph
