Domestic airlines taking bookings beyond April 14 ethically wrong

The Indian government has decided to extend the ban on domestic and international flights in India till the midnight of May 3. Earlier, the ban was till the midnight of April 14. However, domestic airlines had begun taking bookings after April 14 even though there was no clarity on when flights would resume.

This decision by the domestic carriers can best be described as being ethically wrong and angry flyers have taken to Twitter and other social media to express their anger against these airlines. The only Indian carrier which did not take any bookings till April 30 is Air India.

According to industry watchers, domestic airlines interpreted the Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s circular which stated that no flights would be allowed till 11.59 pm on April 14 to mean that flights would be started after that and decided to open bookings from the midnight of April 14.