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Arbitrary pricing, says committee; asks for detailed report
Parliamentarians slammed private airlines for the “exorbitant increase in excess luggage charges” at a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Transport Tourism and Culture on Thursday. The majority of private airlines allow only 15 kg of luggage on domestic flights and charge anything between Rs. 300 and Rs. 500 for a kg of excess baggage that has not been pre-booked. Air India is the only airline on which domestic fliers can take up to 25 kg check-in baggage free of charge. The members of the panel, headed by Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’ Brien, contended that the prices were arbitrary. “The airlines charge for every gram above the allowed limit. There should be some flexibility in this at least on long-haul flights,” a member said. The meeting was attended by representatives of Jet Airways, SpiceJet, Indigo, Air Asia and Vistara. The committee asked airlines to submit a report comparing the charges in India and across the world. The committee also discussed “dynamic pricing”.
Source : https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/parliamentarians-slam-airlines-for-exorbitant-baggage-fee/article25127939.ece
