High court acknowledges DGCA proposals on lockdown ticket discounts
The Supreme Court Thursday acknowledged the proposals of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation on discounting travelers for flights booked during the lockdown for movement during the period.
A seat of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and M R Shah, which was seized of an appeal by NGO Pravasi Legal Cell, said the request stands discarded regarding the DGCA proposition.
The DGCA has said that organizations are required under the law to discount travelers for flights dropped during the lockdown, yet compelling them to do so currently may demonstrate counterproductive.
The guard dog thought of what a "useful arrangement keeping in see the interests of both" the business and travelers.
Among others, it recommended that carriers should "promptly" discount tickets booked during the lockdown from March 25 to May 3 during the period, however those confronting "money related misery" be permitted to set up an adaptable acknowledge shell for life up to March 31, 2021. On the off chance that it actually remains unutilised, the equivalent will be discounted.