Airlines to pay huge compensation for flight cancellation

New Delhi: Cancelling a flight or denying boarding to a flier is going to cost heavily to domestic airlines as the new guidelines by the aviation regulator DGCA provides for massive compensation in such cases.
 
As per the revised compensation norms, which are effective from 1 August, an airline will have to pay up to Rs 10,000 to a flier in the case of cancelling/delaying a flight beyond two hours, while the compensation for not allowing a passenger to board the flight stands at up to Rs 20,000. 
 
As of now, airlines offer a meagre amount of up to Rs 4,000 for both denied boarding and cancelling a flight.

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