Grahakjago (S.K.Virmani)©

An article titled " Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) need to intervene and frame out policy on cancellation fee chargeable by the Airlines and to withdraw the practice of charging for preferential seat allocation"  was published in this blog on 13/03/2018. The link to the article is http://skvirmani-jagograhak.blogspot.in/2018/03/director-general-of-civil-aviation-dgca.html Subsequent to the article, the same was posted to DGCA. A petition has also been created titled "Airlines must charge only 20 pct of ticket value as cancellation charges ". It is felt that we jointly have to raise our voice so that Govt. of India is compelled to intervene and frame a policy to restrict the cancellation fee not more than 20% of the air fare. The link to the petition is: http://bit.ly/rationalise-airticketcancellationcharges The citizens may like to contribute to the social justice as the issue is of public interest. The link can also be shared on vari...

Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) need to intervene and frame out policy on cancellation fee chargeable by the Airlines and to withdraw the practice of charging for preferential seat allocation                           Recently a ticket booked for Delhi- Ahmedabad-Delhi on 2 nd February 2018 for scheduled Departure on 25 th February 2018 and scheduled return journey on 28 th February 2018 was required to be cancelled on 22 nd February 2018. Surprisingly, the amount of refund by the intended passenger as received was merely Rs. 493/- out of the paid amount of Rs. 6,243/- deducting an amount of Rs. 5,750/-   supposedly to be the cancellation fee.                       Total amount paid:    Rs. 6,243        ...