Travel agents return authorisation letters to S’pore Airlines

Travel agents all over the country have returned sales authorisation letters for ticket sale given by Singapore Airlines to protest against the withdrawal of commission on tickets sale paid to them by airlines.
Travel industry bodies, including Travel Agents Association of India and Travel Agents Federation of India, have also threatened to stop dealing with BA and Qatar Airways if they did not restart the practice of paying commission to agents. A number of airlines, including Singapore, British and Qatar, have stopping paying commission on ticket sales to agents.
“We had received about 900 sales authorisation letters from our members of which 500-600 have been submitted to Singapore Airlines. The remaining letters would also be handed over to airlines in a day or two,” TAAI president Rajinder Rai said. Nearly 85% of air tickets are currently booked through travel agents, while the remaining are booked through airline outlets and their websites.