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Rs 3,000 is too high! Govt wants airlines to lower ticket cancellation fee

The government's move comes after the price of cancelling flight tickets has nearly doubled, according to reports, since 2016

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BS Web Team New Delhi
The government is of the view that the Rs 3,000 cancellation fee charged by some airlines for domestic flight tickets is too high and is reportedly going to ask the concerned carriers to roll back the fee to a more reasonable sum. The government's move comes after the price of cancelling flight tickets has nearly doubled, according to reports, since 2016.

The Times of India reported on Tuesday that soon, travellers might no longer need to contend with the high ticket-cancellation charges that some airlines in the country impose as the government is going to push for a reduction in

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