Mounting charges on excess baggage for air travellers

Now, Passengers have to cough up Rs300 extra per kg  - Sakshi Post

New Delhi: With recent the central government’s directive coming into force, three domestic carriers --IndiGo, GoAir and AirAsia India-- have raised the excess baggage fee rate for passengers. The Centre has taken this decision as part of rationalising handling the excess baggage mechanism at the airports. Spicejet and Vistara charges Rs300 per kg and Jet Airways Rs350 a kilo for the additional baggage over and above the 20kg baggage allowance.

Spicejet and Vistara charges Rs300 per kg and Jet Airways Rs350 a kilo for the additional baggage over and above the 20kg baggage allowance.

Until now, airlines were charging Rs 250 per kg for extra baggage. Most of the domestic airlines allow passengers to carry 15-kg of check-in baggage free of cost. However, government-owned Air India however, allows passengers to check-in with 25 kgs.

With over 20 kg bags, passengers will have to pay the additional payment than those carrying less than 20 kg. The airlines have been forced to cross subsidise due to the government’s regulation.
At present, most of the domestic airlines in India allow passengers to carry 15 kgs of check-in luggage and addition seven kgs as hand baggage. Women can additionally carry a purse.

At present, most of the domestic airlines in India allow passengers to carry 15 kgs of check-in luggage and addition seven kgs as hand baggage. Women can additionally carry a purse.

The airlines do offer passengers the option of buying additional baggage at the booking their air tickets.
For example GoAir allows passengers to pre-book up to 10 kgs extra baggage over and above the 15kg by paying Rs 2,000. However if the same passenger checked in 10 kgs extra at the check-in counter at the airport then the passenger would have shell out Rs. 3,000.


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