Blow to airlines as SC approves DGCA's recommendations for airfare refund

In a major relief to passengers, whose flights got cancelled due to the Covid-19 lockdown, the Supreme Court on Thursday accepted the recommendations of the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to refund ticket fares and also approved a credit shell scheme which will be valid till March 31.

A bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan, clarified that if tickets were purchased through agents, then the refund will also be done to the agents.

"Wherever vouchers are issued through agents, they have to be utilised only through agents...," the bench said. The apex court also asked the Ministry