Two years after IndiGo Airlines reportedly refused a male passenger from boarding a flight from Hyderabad to Chennai despite clearing all essential security checks, a district consumer forum has now asked the budget carrier to refund the total flight costs along with a compensation of ₹25,000, Times of India reported.
Looking through the complaint, the consumer forum said that they found no genuine reason for denying the passenger boarding. The forum claimed that the complainant, could only manage to be at the boarding gate after the gates were closed. Kumar, the complainant had to reportedly take an alternate flight on his own, and lodged complaints about the incident.
IndiGo, on the other hand, reportedly had sought to have the case dismissed over a technicality — that it was filed against IndiGo and not InterGlobe Aviation — its registered name.
The decision is significant as India’s civil aviation authorities appear to be taking note and acting on flyer complaints about unwarranted cancellations.
In 2016, Indian civil aviation regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), issued guidelines on cancellation and denying boarding by airlines saying that the airlines will have to provide compensation to the flyer in such cases. According to the norms then formulated, airlines are supposed to pay a compensation of up to ₹20,000 in case of refused boarding while for a cancelled or delayed flight, the airline is bound to pay up to ₹10,000 to the flyer.
Last year, over 512,000 domestic passengers in India faced inconvenience due to cancellations and refused boarding with airlines, according to DGCA stats for first four month of the year.
11/12/18 Business Insider
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Looking through the complaint, the consumer forum said that they found no genuine reason for denying the passenger boarding. The forum claimed that the complainant, could only manage to be at the boarding gate after the gates were closed. Kumar, the complainant had to reportedly take an alternate flight on his own, and lodged complaints about the incident.
IndiGo, on the other hand, reportedly had sought to have the case dismissed over a technicality — that it was filed against IndiGo and not InterGlobe Aviation — its registered name.
The decision is significant as India’s civil aviation authorities appear to be taking note and acting on flyer complaints about unwarranted cancellations.
In 2016, Indian civil aviation regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), issued guidelines on cancellation and denying boarding by airlines saying that the airlines will have to provide compensation to the flyer in such cases. According to the norms then formulated, airlines are supposed to pay a compensation of up to ₹20,000 in case of refused boarding while for a cancelled or delayed flight, the airline is bound to pay up to ₹10,000 to the flyer.
Last year, over 512,000 domestic passengers in India faced inconvenience due to cancellations and refused boarding with airlines, according to DGCA stats for first four month of the year.
11/12/18 Business Insider
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