New Delhi: Even as airlines such as IndiGo and GoAir have announced charges for pre-booking nearly all seats in a bid to boost earnings from ancillary revenue streams, the ministry of civil aviation is looking at issuing a notification early next month to cap the number of preferred seats at 25% of overall capacity on domestic flights.
A senior official at the ministry said, “There has to be a limit on the number of seats which can be tagged preferential in a flight. We have asked the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to issue a notification to restrict the number of seats of choice to 25% of available capacity per flight.”
Under the current norms, IndiGo and GoAir have announced charges for pre-booking as much as 70% of seats on domestic flights.
Both carriers levy an additional fee of Rs 200 for each window and aisle seat on domestic flights. For seats in the front row or next to the emergency exit — both with more leg space — charges stand at Rs 500 per passenger. Air India too is said to be making changes to its software to charge flyers for pre-booking seats.
26/06/13 Sharmistha Mukherjee/Business Standard
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A senior official at the ministry said, “There has to be a limit on the number of seats which can be tagged preferential in a flight. We have asked the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to issue a notification to restrict the number of seats of choice to 25% of available capacity per flight.”
Under the current norms, IndiGo and GoAir have announced charges for pre-booking as much as 70% of seats on domestic flights.
Both carriers levy an additional fee of Rs 200 for each window and aisle seat on domestic flights. For seats in the front row or next to the emergency exit — both with more leg space — charges stand at Rs 500 per passenger. Air India too is said to be making changes to its software to charge flyers for pre-booking seats.
26/06/13 Sharmistha Mukherjee/Business Standard
