It is official now

Jayant Sinha, the minister of state for civil aviation, in a statement before the Lok Sabha has confirmed that the airlines do overbooking, but he finds nothing wrong in it. He has stated that overbooking of seats in a flight by the airlines is a common practice followed by the airlines globally. However, DCCA has issued Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) Section-3, Series-M,

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