New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has allowed airlines to offer all their seats for pre-booking to passengers.
Airlines charge an add-on fee of up to Rs 600 for pre-booking premium seats like those in the front or emergency rows that have more legroom and window and aisle seats. In June 2013, UPA-II had capped the number of seats for pre-booking at 25 per cent of the aircraft capacity.
"A number of Indian airlines had requested us to remove the cap. We asked them what percentage of seats are actually being pre-booked by flyers, to which they said 7 per cent. Now we have allowed them to offer every seat in the aircraft for pre-booking," said a senior official.
Airlines had complained that they face problem in group travels as those flyers are unable to block seats and be seated together. Under the earlier order, no middle seat could have been pre-booked.
13/04/15 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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Airlines charge an add-on fee of up to Rs 600 for pre-booking premium seats like those in the front or emergency rows that have more legroom and window and aisle seats. In June 2013, UPA-II had capped the number of seats for pre-booking at 25 per cent of the aircraft capacity.
"A number of Indian airlines had requested us to remove the cap. We asked them what percentage of seats are actually being pre-booked by flyers, to which they said 7 per cent. Now we have allowed them to offer every seat in the aircraft for pre-booking," said a senior official.
Airlines had complained that they face problem in group travels as those flyers are unable to block seats and be seated together. Under the earlier order, no middle seat could have been pre-booked.
13/04/15 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
