GoAir, IndiGo, AirAsia increase baggage fee

TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi-Domestic low-cost carriers GoAir, IndiGo and AirAsia India have raised the excess baggage fee following a directive from the Centre. Passengers travelling on these airlines will be charged Rs.300 a kg for carrying baggage in excess of 20-kg according to their websites. These airlines were earlier charging Rs.250 per kg for excess baggage. The action follows the Centre’s directive to rationalise excess baggage.

“The hike is clearly a repercussion of the government’s regulation on excess baggage charges which should have been avoided in first place,” said Dr. Anurag Jain, Aviation Consultant.“Passengers carrying more than 20 kg bags will have to bear the burden of those carrying less than 20 kg. The airlines have been forced to cross subsidise due to the government’s regulation,” he said.