Experts, passenger associations want airlines to stop advance bookings

All airlines except Air India were accepting bookings for domestic flights beyond April 14 but now those would be cancelled as government extended the lockdown.

Domestic and international flights will be suspended till May 3 as the central government has extended the lockdown. Passenger associations and experts want airlines to stop advance bookings until resumption is certain.
 

“The railway ministry has ruled that there will be no advance bookings on trains until further notice. The civil aviation ministry should similarly instruct airlines to halt unfair practice of taking advance bookings until resumption is certain and an interim transition schedule has been established,” aviation consultancy CAPA said in a tweet on Tuesday evening.

The first phase of the 21-day lockdown ended on Tuesday. All airlines