Media Coverage of "Voluntary Shutters Down" 02 03 A 7TH MAY LIKE Media Coverage of "Voluntary Shutters Down" NEVER BEFORE!! EASTERN REGION RAJASTHAN CHAPTER NORTHERN REGION TRAVEL AGENTS TO STRIKE WORK Hindustan Times Tue 7 May, 2013 India, May 7 -- Passengers may face difficulties in booking tickets on Tuesday as travel agents have called for 'no ticketing day' as a protest against nonpayment of commission to them by the airlines. Claiming that over 90% air travellers book tickets either through a travel agent or a travel website, the Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) said they will not book tickets on Tuesday. "At one point of time, we used to get 9% commission which has come down to 1% and in some case it is zero. Our demands are not being accepted by the airlines in India and that is why we have called for a nationwide shutter down," Rajji Rai of TAAI said... कम शन क ल कर द श भर क ट र वल एज ट क हड त ल May 7, 2013, 08.49AM IST नई द ल ल द शभर क ट र वल एज ट न एयरल इ स क पन य क ख ल फ म गलव र क एक द न क हड त ल पर ज न क ऐल न क य ह ट र वल एज ट क कहन ह क एयरल इ स क पन य उन ह म लन व ल कम शन क खत म करत ज रह ह, ज सस ट र वल एज स य ब द ह न क कग र पर ह एज ट क यह भ कहन ह क एज ट क हटन क सबस ज य द न कस न प स जर क ह न ज रह ह ट र वल एज ट अस स एशन ऑफ इ ड य (ट ई) क ब नर तल हड त ल पर ज न क फ सल करन व ल ट र वल एज ट क कहन ह क उन ह घर ल एयरल इ स फ लह ल महज एक फ सद कम शन द रह ह जबक ज प न, ह न गक न ग ज स द श म एज ट क 9 फ सद तक क कम शन म लत ह एयरल इ स क इस मनम न क वजह स अब भ रत य एज ट क ब जन स द सर द श म श फ ट ह रह ह, ज सक न कस न सरक र क भ ह ग अस स एशन क प र व अध यक ष रज ज र य क कहन ह क इस वक त द शभर म 75 स ल कर 90 फ सद तक हव ई ट कट क ब क ग एज ट क जर ए ह ह त ह अगर एज ट ह खत म ह ज ए ग, त इसस प स जर क ह न कस न ह ग अगर ट र वल एज ट नह ह ग य एयरल इ स प स जर स 20 स 30 फ सद तक ज य द क र य वस ल ग, क य क प स जर क पत नह रह ग क क स एयरल इ स क प स ट कट उपलब ध ह... SOUTHERN REGION GUJARAT CHAPTER SOUTH TAMIL NADU CHAPTER WESTERN REGION AIRFARES: TRAVEL AGENTS TO KEEP SHUTTERS DOWN ON TUESDAY MP CG CHAPTER Mumbai, Sun May 05 2013, 13:25 hrs Booking an air ticket on Tuesday is likely to be tough, as thousands of travel agents have decided to shut business for a day to protest lack of transparency in airfares. "We demand transparency in airfare by the airlines. We also want the government to regulate airline fares so that the consumers are not exploited," Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) president Iqbal Mulla said. As many as 3,000 travel agents owing allegiance to TAAI have voluntarily decided to keep shutters down to protest airlines' certain "unethical business practices" and also press for these demands, Mulla said. "TAAI members contribute about 40 per cent to the airline bookings," he said. Alleging that both the domestic and overseas carriers have adopted unethical practices which are against the interest of passengers, Mulla said: "We urge the government to take serious note of it and initiate action." Besides, the association has also demanded that the airlines should not be allowed to charge separately for various services like serving tea, sandwich, insurance, preferred seat, change of dates among others and all these services should be included in the ticket price... SOUTH GUJARAT CHAPTER JAMMU KASHMIR CHAPTER AIRFARES: TRAVEL AGENTS TO KEEP SHUTTERS DOWN Updated: Mon, 6 May 2013, 19:57 IST Booking an air ticket on Tuesday is likely to be tough, as thousands of travel agents have decided to shut business for a day to protest lack of transparency in airfares. "We demand transparency in airfare by the airlines. We also want the government to regulate airline fares so that the consumers are not exploited," Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) president Iqbal Mulla said. As many as 3,000 travel agents owing allegiance to TAAI have voluntarily decided to keep shutters down to protest airlines' certain "unethical business practices" and also press for these demands, Mulla said. "TAAI members contribute about 40 per cent to the airline bookings," he said. Alleging that both the domestic and overseas carriers have adopted unethical practices which are against the interest of passengers, Mulla said: "We urge the government to take serious note of it and initiate action." Besides, the association has also demanded that the airlines should not be allowed to charge separately for various services like serving tea, sandwich, insurance, preferred seat, change of dates among others and all these services should be included in the ticket price... SAURASHTRA KUTCH CHAPTER KARNATAKA CHAPTER PUNJAB CHAPTER TAAI Newsline I Volume 38 I May 2013 TAAI Newsline I Volume 38 I May 2013 NAGPUR CHAPTER
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