New Delhi: Indian carriers today agreed to consider lowering air ticket cancellation and date change charges, as the government decided to create ombudsmen at Delhi and Mumbai airports to redress flyers' grievances.
At a meeting with airline CEOs and top officials here, the Civil Aviation Ministry also decided to amend Aircraft Act and Rules to safeguard the interests of aircraft leasing companies, many of which have started imposing stringent conditions for leasing planes to Indian carriers in the aftermath of Kingfisher Airlines shutting down.
Civil Aviation Secretary K N Shrivastava, who chaired the meeting, also suggested that domestic carriers should increase operations particularly to those states which have slashed taxes on jet fuel.
This was recommended at a meeting earlier this week in which the state governments wanted enhancement of air operations in lieu of their considering reducing value added tax on aviation turbine fuel (ATF).
The meeting was attended among others by top Ministry and DGCA officials, besides IndiGo CEO Aditya Ghosh, Air India Director Nasir Ali and senior officers of Jet Airways and SpiceJet.
14/09/13 PTI/Business Standard
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At a meeting with airline CEOs and top officials here, the Civil Aviation Ministry also decided to amend Aircraft Act and Rules to safeguard the interests of aircraft leasing companies, many of which have started imposing stringent conditions for leasing planes to Indian carriers in the aftermath of Kingfisher Airlines shutting down.
Civil Aviation Secretary K N Shrivastava, who chaired the meeting, also suggested that domestic carriers should increase operations particularly to those states which have slashed taxes on jet fuel.
This was recommended at a meeting earlier this week in which the state governments wanted enhancement of air operations in lieu of their considering reducing value added tax on aviation turbine fuel (ATF).
The meeting was attended among others by top Ministry and DGCA officials, besides IndiGo CEO Aditya Ghosh, Air India Director Nasir Ali and senior officers of Jet Airways and SpiceJet.
14/09/13 PTI/Business Standard
