Directions : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions…
2018
Directions : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
The government is of the view that IndiGo and SpiceJet should withdraw their web check-in fee, according to a top source in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
IndiGo and SpiceJet recently revised their web check-in policies to include a levy for air travellers opting for web check-in for any seat in an aircraft. Earlier, passengers would have to pay extra only for certain preferred seats. “We have told the two airlines to remove the new fee,” the source told The Hindu. The Ministry had already met the airlines’ officials and would be holding another meeting with them. Asked how the government could intervene since airlines were allowed to unbundle fares and charge separately for preferential seating, meal-on-board, check-in baggage and use of airline lounges, a senior official said airlines should incentivise web check-in.
Which of the followings, as mentioned in the passage, could create hurdles for the government in its desire to intervene and convince Indigo and SpiceJet to withdraw web check-in fee?
- A.
Ministry of Civil Aviation or government has no authority to give directions to airlines.
- B.
Airlines can unbundle air-fare and charges for services.
- C.
Making airlines to withdraw web check-in fees would invite protest from them and they would stop operating their aircrafts.
- D.
Options (a), (b) & (c)
- E.
None of the above
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Correct answer: B
The passage says airlines are allowed to unbundle fares and charge separately for services. That permission is the hurdle for government intervention.