The ministry of civil aviation (MoCA) is unlikely to approve budget carrier SpiceJet's proposal to offer restricted non-changeable, non-refundable fares, saleable at any time for domestic travel.
While the airline had in its proposal to the government argued issue of such tickets would help improve occupancy and allow them to discount by half even last-minute or spot fares, highly placed sources in the ministry said SpiceJet would have to refund to passengers the charges levied in an air ticket by the government and airport operators in the event of cancellations.
A senior official in the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), confirming such a request from SpiceJet, said, "The total fare charged by any airline includes levies by government and airport operators. These components like CUTE (common user terminal equipment) Fee, ADF (airport development fee), Service Tax, Passenger Service Fee (PSF) which remain unutilised in event of cancellations would have to be returned to passengers."
28/07/14 Sharmistha Mukherjee/Business Standard
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While the airline had in its proposal to the government argued issue of such tickets would help improve occupancy and allow them to discount by half even last-minute or spot fares, highly placed sources in the ministry said SpiceJet would have to refund to passengers the charges levied in an air ticket by the government and airport operators in the event of cancellations.
A senior official in the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), confirming such a request from SpiceJet, said, "The total fare charged by any airline includes levies by government and airport operators. These components like CUTE (common user terminal equipment) Fee, ADF (airport development fee), Service Tax, Passenger Service Fee (PSF) which remain unutilised in event of cancellations would have to be returned to passengers."
28/07/14 Sharmistha Mukherjee/Business Standard
