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No extra fee for 60% of seats on domestic routes for fliers
The New Indian Express Mysuru
|March 19, 2026
AMID complaints about airlines levying high additional charges for allocating seats on flights, the Union civil aviation ministry on Wednesday directed that a minimum of 60% of seats on all domestic flights be allocated free of charge.
In another passengerfriendly measure, the ministry asked airlines to ensure that passengers traveling on the same PNR (Passenger Name Record) are seated together.
"Passengers travelling on the same PNR are to be seated together, preferably in adjacent seats," the ministry said in a release.
This story is from the March 19, 2026 edition of The New Indian Express Mysuru.
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