Air India Express charges for middle row seats
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Air India Express has begun charging for choice of seats, including the middle row.
The announcement comes even after the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) wants the Indian carriers to limit the number of such preferred seats.
The airline’s sales team wrote to travel agents on Monday that it would levy USD1.8-7.2 (INR100-400) as preference seat charge on domestic flights and USD3.6-13.5 (INR200-750) on international flights. Pre-booking the middle row seats will cost INR100 and INR200 on domestic and international flights, respectively.
“Air India Express primarily caters to migrant labour traffic and charging for seats will make air travel expensive,” a travel agent told the Business Standard.
The low-cost arm of the Air India flies an all Boeing 737 fleet, with 75% business coming from Kerala.
