Unlike some US airlines, Indian carriers are not planning to charge services like baggage handling to beef up their bottomlines, which is hit by a steep hike in fuel prices, but would prefer to keep the options open.The issue came to the fore following a decision by American Airline to impose a $25-15 charge for baggage handling, as the US carriers buckled under steep hike in fuel prices.
Officials of most of major Indian airlines told PTI that they were not contemplating imposing charges for such services for the time being.
When asked for his response to the move, Jet Airways [Get Quote] chairman Naresh Goyal had said in Berlin that "all airlines which want to stay in business will have to take such decisions".
However, even his airline has not taken any decision to follow the US carrier in this regard, Jet officials said, adding that the comment was made in a general context.
Air India executive director Jitendra Bhargava said: "We have not thought of anything on this issue. It is a view expressed by him (Goyal) following the decision of some US carriers."
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