India’s civil aviation regulator has asked airlines to give concessions in ticket prices to passengers who are carrying cabin baggage only, for domestic flights.
The current rules allow passengers to carry up to 7 kilograms of cabin baggage and 15 kilograms of check-in baggage.
After these new rules, the airlines will be able to provide tickets at lower rates to those passengers who opt to carry just cabin baggage within a permissible limit. The regulator has not clarified when these new rules will come into effect.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) also clarified that if any passenger with a discount ticket turns up with baggage will be charged as applicable. It further added that these applicable charges should be reasonable and prominently displayed to the passenger when booking the ticket.
In order to avail the discount, you will have to declare the weight of the cabin baggage that you will be carrying at the time of the booking.
"As part of airline baggage policy, scheduled airlines will be allowed to offer free baggage allowance as well as "zero baggage/no check-in baggage fares". This will be subject to the condition that the passenger booking ticket under such fare scheme is made aware of the charges that shall be applicable if the passenger turns up with the baggage for check in at the airline counter," DGCA said in a statement.
26/02/21 Navdeep Yadav/Business Insider
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