Checking in a bag on Ryanair - which this summer costs anything from UK Pound 25 to UK Pound 160 for a one-way flight - could soar still higher.
ReadIn May, this year, Air India lowered the free baggage allowance from 20 to 15 kgs on the domestic sector and start charging a flat rate of about Rs 200-250 per kilo on excess baggage.
This follows a Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) circular last week allowing the airlines to charge fees for 'unbundled services' like check-in baggage, preferential seats, meals, snacks or drink (barring drinking water) and sports and musical instruments on their domestic flights.
So far, there is no charge for checked-in luggage within weight limits, but given Ryanair's success story in increasingly competitive skies, it may only be a matter of time before Indian carriers adopt it.
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Air
India would lower the free baggage allowance from 20 to 15 kgs on the
domestic sector and start charging a flat rate of about Rs 200-250 per
kilo on excess baggage from next week, airline sources said today.
This follows a Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)
circular last week allowing the airlines to charge fees for 'unbundled
services' like check-in baggage, preferential seats, meals, snacks or
drink (barring drinking water) and sports and musical instruments on
their domestic flights.
- See more at:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/air-india-to-slash-free-baggage-allowance-charge-more/1112169/#sthash.PUB576Si.dpuf