: Coronavirus: Centre proposes full refund in 15 days on air tickets booked between March 25 to May 3 #IndiaNEWS The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has informed the Supreme Court that tickets

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Coronavirus: Centre proposes full refund in 15 days on air tickets booked between March 25 to May 3 #IndiaNEWS
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has informed the Supreme Court that tickets booked by passengers between March 25 to May 3 for domestic and international air travel will be fully refunded within 15 days, Bar and Bench reported on Sunday.The aviation authority made the proposal in an affidavit filed due to a June 13 order of the top court that had asked private airlines along with the Ministry of Civil Aviation to find a way to refund passengers, whose flights were unexpectedly cancelled during the countrywide lockdown imposed to rein in the pandemic. It said the decision to fully refund passengers, who booked their tickets directly,during the lockdown, was taken after a meeting between the DGCA and all the stakeholders in July. The scheme formulated by the Centre further stated that if any airline is not in a financial position to pay immediately, the fare amount shall be kept in a credit shell. This can be availed by the passenger for travel by the same airline on any route before March 31, 2021. The affidavit added that the credit shell shall be transferable. “The passenger can transfer the credit shell to any person, and the airlines shall honour such a transfer,??? it said. “The airlines shall...Read more

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