New Delhi: Turning down a proposal from low-cost airlines to charge for check-in luggage, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma told PTI on Saturday, “I want the airline to continue with the present system [of allowing upto 15 Kg free check-in baggage] and at the same time provide incentives to those flyers who travel light.”
The DGCA is looking into a proposal from three Indian carriers wherein travellers will have to pay for every kilogram of checked-in luggage. The proposal, at the same time, envisages providing incentives for passengers who travel light.
A senior DGCA official said on Friday that SpiceJet, Indigo and AirAsia have approached the regulator with the idea of ‘zero baggage fare’, whereby passengers having no check-in luggage would be given a discount.
28/06/15 PTI/The Hindu
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The DGCA is looking into a proposal from three Indian carriers wherein travellers will have to pay for every kilogram of checked-in luggage. The proposal, at the same time, envisages providing incentives for passengers who travel light.
A senior DGCA official said on Friday that SpiceJet, Indigo and AirAsia have approached the regulator with the idea of ‘zero baggage fare’, whereby passengers having no check-in luggage would be given a discount.
28/06/15 PTI/The Hindu
