Agents threaten to boycott foreign carriers
Even as domestic airlines have agreed to pay a 3% commission on ticket sales, although under pressure, to travel agents, most foreign carriers are yet to arrive at a decision.
By ET Bureau |
MUMBAI: Even as domestic airlines have agreed to pay a 3% commission on ticket sales, although under pressure, to travel agents, most foreign carriers are yet to arrive at a decision. Singapore Airlines, one of the largest foreign carriers operating in India, has claimed that it has regularly paid to agents, a claim that has been contested by travel agents.
���Barring a few, most foreign carriers, including Singapore Airlines, are not paying any transaction fee or commission. We will begin boycotting foreign airlines if they don���t fall in line,��� Rajii Rai, president of the Travel Agents��� Association of India, said. When contacted, a Singapore Airlines spokesperson said: ���We are regularly paying transaction fee to all agents since November.���
Lufthansa, Qatar Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Air France, United, Continental, KLM and Japan Airlines, among other international carriers, stopped paying 5% commission from November, forcing agents to shift to a fixed transaction fee on every ticket purchased.
���Barring a few, most foreign carriers, including Singapore Airlines, are not paying any transaction fee or commission. We will begin boycotting foreign airlines if they don���t fall in line,��� Rajii Rai, president of the Travel Agents��� Association of India, said. When contacted, a Singapore Airlines spokesperson said: ���We are regularly paying transaction fee to all agents since November.���
Lufthansa, Qatar Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Air France, United, Continental, KLM and Japan Airlines, among other international carriers, stopped paying 5% commission from November, forcing agents to shift to a fixed transaction fee on every ticket purchased.
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