Travel Agents

Vistara pilot woes: Sharp rise in domestic airfares unlikely in coming months, say govt officials

As part of the ongoing summer schedule, which started on March 31, domestic airlines had planned to increase domestic flying capacity by 6 percent, or 1,368 weekly flights.

Government asks travel firms to clear pending refunds or face legal action

An estimated 8,000 refunds totalling as much as Rs 50 crore, arising from cancellations during the lockdowns, are yet to be paid to consumers.

Travel agent seeks to intervene in Go First case with Rs 5.7-crore demand

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) is expected to hear the case on December 1.

Boarding denials, flight cancellations, refund delays: SpiceJet faces litany of passenger complaints

SpiceJet may not have a refund issue brewing as it usually processes refunds to passengers and travel agents, it clearly has a customer service problem.

Flight cancellations on the rise, bookings fall as foreign embassies urge travellers to not book tickets before getting visas

The call from the diplomatic mission to not book tickets beforehand while applying to a visa has caused a fall in bookings of international flights and a rise in flight cancellations by travelers in the last week.

Via.com partners Ola; integrates cab booking interface for users

Omni channel online travel assisted e-commerce company Via.com, entered into a partnership with Ola, India most popular mobile app for transportation.

ibibo picks minority stake in hotel solution firm Djubo

Launched in February, Djubo has enabled hotels to digitise their price and inventory, as well as manage bookings from all channels including online agencies, their own websites and travel agents through a cloud based tool.

Online travel cos overjoyed as govt unbundles airfares

CNBC-TV18‘s Sunanda Jayaseelan reports that online travel companies are overjoyed as the government initiative to unbundle air services will result in more visitors to their websites.

Travel agents keep shutter down over air fare issue

Over 3,000 travel agents across the country kept their businesses shut today protesting alleged opaque airfare practices by airlines, and also demanded restoration of agency commission, travel agents body TAAI claimed.

Did Jet Airways' mega ticket sale take off successfully?

The ticket discount scheme offered by private sector carrier - Jet Airways seems to have taken off successfully. Though the airline has not given out any statistics confirming the quantum of tickets sold during offer period, online travel portals claim to have disposed off entire inventory allotted to them by the airline.

Fare War: How much does SpiceJet gain

The airline will improve its cash flows to the extent of Rs 200 crore from advance bookings done at a magnum opus scale. Travel agents assert that going by previous trends, there are atleast 30% cancellations by customers due to inability to travel and the amount is not refunded for tickets purchased during offers.

Airfares double as month long Air India strike continues

More than a month and counting, that's how long the Air India pilot's strike has lasted this time. For an already ailing national carrier the consequences are obviously serious. But even the common man is bearing the brunt with the strike pushing up air fares especially for flights to the Gulf, reports CNBC-TV18's Sunanda Jayaseelan.