{"id":20549,"date":"2022-05-14T17:32:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T12:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=20549"},"modified":"2022-05-14T17:34:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T12:04:26","slug":"following-uproars-from-flyers-civil-aviation-minister-jyotiraditya-scindia-has-told-that-he-will-be-looking-into-the-process-where-passengers-are-being-charged-an-extra-sum-of-rs-200-for-getting-thei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/14\/following-uproars-from-flyers-civil-aviation-minister-jyotiraditya-scindia-has-told-that-he-will-be-looking-into-the-process-where-passengers-are-being-charged-an-extra-sum-of-rs-200-for-getting-thei\/","title":{"rendered":"Aviation Minister agrees to examine the \u2018new rule\u2019 to charge extra for boarding pass at the airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><strong>Following uproars from flyers, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has told that he will be looking into the process where passengers are being charged an extra sum of Rs 200 for getting their boarding passes at the airport.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-new-rule-of-spicejet\">New rule of SpiceJet <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Scindia\u2019s comments come after a passenger took to Twitter to allege that domestic carrier <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spicejet.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">SpiceJet <\/a>had introduced a new rule where the airline is demanding extra for issuing boarding passes at the check-in counter.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you wish to get a boarding card at the check-in counter, you need to pay extra. This is like telling a customer In a restaurant that if you want to eat on a plate, you will be charged. Wonder what\u2019s consumer forum doing!@flyspicejet,\u201d Dr. Neeti Shikha expressed in a tweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"948\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/spicejet_660_120814111604.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/spicejet_660_120814111604.jpg 948w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/spicejet_660_120814111604-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/spicejet_660_120814111604-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/spicejet_660_120814111604-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/spicejet_660_120814111604-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Spicejet Airline | Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Another person tagged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.civilaviation.gov.in\/en\/whoswho\/shri-jyotiraditya-m-scindia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Union aviation minister J M Scindia <\/a>while terming the practice as \u201cridiculous\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After several complaints by the passengers on social media, reported journalist Madhavan Narayanan retweeted the complaint and tagged the Aviation minister to which Scindia replied that he will examine the issue as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cAgreed, will examine this asap!,\u201d he posted on Twitter. Multiple airlines further faced an uproar from people on social media for asking to pay extra from passengers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also, read         <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/12\/boeing-and-aiesl-announce-partnership-for-the-maintenance-of-b777-aircraft-used-by-vvips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Boeing and AIESL announce partnership for the maintenance of B777 aircraft used by VVIPs<\/a>              <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/08\/breaking-news-after-skidding-off-a-runway-in-costa-rica-a-dhl-cargo-plane-splits-in-two\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Breaking News: After skidding off a runway in Costa Rica, a DHL cargo plane splits in two<\/a>     <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/13\/emirates-group-declares-a-significantly-lower-usd-1-1-billion-annual-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Emirates group declares a \u2018significantly\u2019 lower USD 1.1 billion annual loss<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-spicejet-and-indigo-have-done-the-same\">Spicejet and Indigo have done the same. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Checking in at the airport check-in counter costs Rs 200 per ticket and users complained that besides Spicejet, Indigo has done the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many pointed out that it is unfair to customers.\u201cThis is against the public policy of India- what if a customer doesn\u2019t have a smartphone! Do you charge a consumer extra for a ticket that he already spent for!\u201d another person told us in another tweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/aviation.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/aviation.jpg 800w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/aviation-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/aviation-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/aviation-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/aviation-750x563.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many have complained about social media sites that some airlines while insisting on web check-in, charges extra from&nbsp;passengers&nbsp;who fail to do so. Some airlines are charging those who try to get a boarding pass at the airport counter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Checking in at the airport check-in counter prices?&nbsp;200 per ticket and users complained that besides Spicejet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goindigo.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Indigo <\/a>has done the exact.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thank you<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stay updated with Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following uproars from flyers, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has told that he will be looking into the process where passengers are being charged an extra sum of Rs 200 for getting their boarding passes at the airport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[416],"tags":[79,112,1129,940,393,343,204,1644,396,234,123,894,446,582],"class_list":{"0":"post-20549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-quick-updates","8":"tag-aviation","9":"tag-aviation-industry","10":"tag-aviation-latest-updates","11":"tag-aviation-ministry-of-india","12":"tag-aviation-news","13":"tag-civil-aviation","14":"tag-civil-aviation-minister-jyotiraditya-scindia","15":"tag-civil-aviation-ministry","16":"tag-indian-aviation-news","17":"tag-indigo","18":"tag-indigo-airlines","19":"tag-jyotiraditya-scindia","20":"tag-spicejet","21":"tag-spicejet-airlines"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20549"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20553,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20549\/revisions\/20553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}