Mumbai: Senior Congress leader and current member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Prithviraj Chavan has written a letter to the Minister of Civil Aviation Hardeep Puri, demanding that the airlines should be directed to provide cash refunds to the consumers for the tickets that were cancelled during the lockdown.
The development comes a few days after the Supreme Court asked the Centre and the airline companies to discuss modalities for a full refund of tickets for domestic and international flights which were cancelled following the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
"I have written to Minister of Civil Aviation @HardeepSPuri to direct the airline operators to provide cash refunds for air tickets cancelled during lockdown in a specific time frame. Not refunding the cost of air tickets for cancelled flights is an abuse of consumer rights," Prithviraj Chavan said in a tweet.
The letter, written on June 14, says, "Indian consumers, who had to cancel their flight tickets after the announcement of the lockdown, are entitled to receive cash refunds. According to the Consumer Protection Act the contract between the consumers and the airline gives the right to consumers to seek a cash refund. Many airlines including Air India are not honoring this contract and compelling the passengers to accept vouchers for future travel. In some cases, the airlines are misinforming the consumers on refund policies."
15/05/20 Pankaj Upadhyay/India Today
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The development comes a few days after the Supreme Court asked the Centre and the airline companies to discuss modalities for a full refund of tickets for domestic and international flights which were cancelled following the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
"I have written to Minister of Civil Aviation @HardeepSPuri to direct the airline operators to provide cash refunds for air tickets cancelled during lockdown in a specific time frame. Not refunding the cost of air tickets for cancelled flights is an abuse of consumer rights," Prithviraj Chavan said in a tweet.
The letter, written on June 14, says, "Indian consumers, who had to cancel their flight tickets after the announcement of the lockdown, are entitled to receive cash refunds. According to the Consumer Protection Act the contract between the consumers and the airline gives the right to consumers to seek a cash refund. Many airlines including Air India are not honoring this contract and compelling the passengers to accept vouchers for future travel. In some cases, the airlines are misinforming the consumers on refund policies."
15/05/20 Pankaj Upadhyay/India Today
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