SME Times News Bureau | 22 May, 2018
Domestic air passengers will soon be able to avail of full refunds and
additional compensation for flight delays/cancellations as the
government on Tuesday put in the public domain a new 'passenger charter'
for eliciting comments/suggestions before notifying them.
The
new air passenger charter seeks to amend current norms for charges
incurred by travellers on cancellation and rescheduling of air travel,
among other things.
However, the new compensation structure will
apply only if it is found that the flight delay or cancellation was
caused by the airline concerned.
The new norms are expected to be
notified by July 15 after public comments on the draft charter have
been sought by the Ministry of Civil Aviation within a month.
As
per the proposed entitlements, passengers will get full refunds,
additional compensation and more in case an airline is found to be at
fault for the delay or flight cancellation.
