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 following statements, if true, would encourage the government to convince Indigo and SpiceJet to withdraw their web check-in fee?
(I) Keeping web check-in free would encourage passengers to opt for it, would allow the passengers to come to airport not too early and in effect would help in controlling the number of passengers in an airport and would help the security personnel in the security management of an airport.
(II) Levying fee to web check-in would either make air-travel costly or increase discomfort to the airline passengers. This might discourage people to opt for air travel and would be against the aspiration of the government to increase the overall number of air travel passengers.
(III) Levying fee to web check-in would discourage the passengers to opt for it and might decrease the usage of internet to avail important services, in contradiction to the objective of the Digital India Initiative.
- A.
Only (II)
- B.
Only (I) & (II)
- C.
Only (II) & (III)
- D.
None of (I), (II) & (III)
- E.
All of (I), (II) & (III)
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Correct answer: E
Statement I supports free web check-in because it helps passenger flow and airport security management.
Statement II supports withdrawal because fees can make air travel costlier or less comfortable.
Statement III supports withdrawal because fees discourage digital service use.
Thus all three statements encourage withdrawal of the fee.