Airline Reforms Announced by Civil Aviation Ministry: No Cancellation Charges if Flight Ticket Cancelled Within 24 Hours of Booking And More

In a major relief to the commuters, the draft passenger charter of the civil aviation sector has come up with new reforms which will ensure safe passenger travel as well as compensation in case the airlines are at fault- delay or cancellations. Not only this, the airlines would not charge for cancelling a ticket within 24 hours of booking.

Written by: India.com News Desk

Published: May 22, 2018, 2:23 PM IST

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New Delhi, May 22: In a major relief to the commuters, the draft passenger charter of the civil aviation sector has come up with new reforms which will ensure safe passenger travel as well as compensation in case the airlines are at fault- delay or cancellations. Not only this, the airlines would not charge for cancelling a ticket within 24 hours of booking. Apart from this, no charges would be applicable if tickets are cancelled 96 hours before the date of travel. Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha announced these reforms today.

Also, special provisions for people with special needs proposing lock-in options for 24 hours for tickets has been made.

If a flight is cancelled & it is the airlines’ fault, then the passenger has to be compensated or ticket has to be refunded. If a flight is delayed, the passenger will be compensated in various ways: Jayant Sinha, MoS Aviation. pic.twitter.com/Tm2pZwG90A

— ANI (@ANI) May 22, 2018

Adding more to the list to reforms, Jayant Sinha said that Digi Yatra has also been facilitated. Users will have to enroll themselves using Aadhaar so it becomes easy for identification. However, Aadhaar is not mandatory.  

To use Digi Yatra, Aadhaar will be needed only at the time of enrollment. So, that we can identify you. We are working on other digital ID’s too: Jayant Sinha, MoS Aviation. pic.twitter.com/pOKdNohrfD

— ANI (@ANI) May 22, 2018

Among the slew of reforms, airlines were also given guidelines on cancellation charges. For cancellation of tickets, the charges should not be more than the base fare plus the fuel charges. For digital identification, other options will be made available to the flyers. On-board wifi is most likely to be launched soon.