Airlines Complaints
Indian Airlines Industry has recently become one of the fastest-growing airlines industries in the world. They generate a huge amount of income and employment. There are about 450 airports and more than 1000 registered aircrafts in India today.
But nothing can ruin a holiday than diligently planning a whole trip with excitement, only to arrive disappointedly at the airport to find out that there is some glitch.
The most common airline complaints in 2019 was lost baggage. According to a recent survey, an average of 1 in 150 people have their checked baggage lost or left behind every year. The other common airline complaint is flight delay. Apart from flight delay, consumer often face issues like promised refund not given, ticket cancelled, flight cancelled without prior knowledge, rude staff behaviour etc.
As per Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) guidelines for flight delays, the Airlines should inform about flight delays promptly to the passengers with reasons. If a flight is delayed beyond 2-3 hours, airlines should offer compensation and assistance, which may include meals, refreshments, and accommodation. Also, the passengers should be given options for full refund or re-booking the next available flight. These guidelines regarding delay and cancellation, helps passengers to understand their rights. Hence it is possible to get flight delay compensation in India.
If you have faced these kinds of problems with your airline, you must have brought it to airline authorities' notice by complaining. In this article, we have mentioned India's famous airlines, and the types of complaints the airlines' passengers face with them.
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<b>1. Go Air:</b> Go Air has secured a spot in the list of best Airlines in India. It was founded in November 2005 by Jeh Wadia, an Indian industrialist. In October 2017, it was India's fifth largest airline and had a considerable market share of 8.4%. The airline is a fully-owned subsidiary of Wadia Group and started its operations in November 2005. The airline operates 230 daily flights to 30 significant destinations, which have 24 domestic and 6 international destinations. The airline has its hubs at Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kannur, and Kolkata.
<b>2. Air India Express:</b> Air India Express is an economical airline having its headquarters in Kerala. Airlines are operated by Air India Express Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of India's national carrier Air India. It runs around 649 flights per week to 33 Middle East and Southeast destinations. The airline has a fleet of aircraft 25 Boeing 737-800 and carries approximately 4.3 million passengers every year.
<b>3. Spice Jet:</b> Spice Jet is a low-cost airline having its headquarters in Gurugram, India. Initially, in 1994 it was established as air taxi provider ModiLuft and then later in 2004, it was renamed Spice Jet by an Indian entrepreneur and started its operation in May 2005. According to data in March 2019, Spicejet was the second-largest airline in India and had 13.6% of the market share in the number of passengers. Spicejet has a fleet of Boeing 737 and Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft. It operates 312 flights daily to 55 destinations, which include 7 international and 47 domestic destinations. Many flights are operated from Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
<b>4. IndiGo:</b> Indigo was founded in 2006 by Rahul Bhatia and Rakesh Gangwal as a private company and had its headquarters in Gurugram. The airline had its first aircraft in July 2006, and it started its operations in 2016. By 2012 it became the largest Indian carrier, and in 2015 it went limited and issued a share to the public. Indigo has an immense fleet size in India and a maximum domestic share. Also, Indigo is the largest individual Asian low-cost carrier in passengers' carried and jet fleet size. Maximum flights of Indigo are operated from Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi.
<b>5. Air India:</b> Air India is a very own national carrier of India and was founded by J.R.D. Tata as Tata Airlines in 1932. It has its headquarters in New Delhi, and after the second world war, it became a public limited company. Afterward, it was renamed Air India and is owned by Air India Limited, a government-owned enterprise. With a fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft, the airline serves 94 international and domestic destinations. Air India has two sister companies Air India Express and Alliance Air, which operates in India and Asian destinations.
<b>6. Air Asia India:</b> Air Asia India started as a joint venture with AirAsia Berhad and Tata Sons. AirAsia Berhad has a 49% stake, and Tata sons have the remaining 51%. It started its operations on 12 July 2014 from Bangalore and has a market share of 6.5%. With a fleet of Airbus A 320-200 aircraft, it serves 24 destinations.
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Indian Airlines has seen one of the best growth among all airline industries of this world, but with all this growth and rapid development, our aviation sector has also experienced many kinds of turbulence.
Among 1000s of Indian airline companies, some of the most famous airlines such as AirIndia, Spicejet etc. have seen their customers regularly filing a complaint against them.
Some widespread airline complaints include rude behavior of staff, refund not given, and baggage lost. Apart from this, many airlines have faced aircraft turn-around times, which results in delays in flight for its passengers. Here are some common types of airline complaints:
<b>1. Customer Service</b>
In the past few years, many passengers of some highly reputed airlines have shared their experiences where they had to face the rude behavior of the airline's customer service representatives. Most passengers faced rude behavior, absent onboard services, and poor language skills from the airline's representatives in these kinds of complaints.
<b>2. Flight Delay</b>
In 2019, the Air Passengers Association president accepted that many airlines are facing aircraft turn-around time issues. These turn-around time issues are the main reason behind the delay of flights, which has left many passengers frustrated. Many top airline customers have reported that they were not informed about their flight's updated timings by the airline industry. Thus, failing to use emails or SMS services to inform their customers has made flight delays a pervasive and frustrating issue for consumers in almost all the major cities like Bengaluru, Pune, Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai etc.
<b>3. Booking and Refund</b>
Another prevalent issue faced by many air passengers is related to airline industries' booking and refund conditions. The most-reported complaint under this category is the lack of flexibility in tickets where airline industries usually decline to refund the amount if something unexpected happens, such as illness or accident of a family member. Apart from this, many famous airlines are reported for being very slow in the procedure of a promised refund. Due to this, passengers have to struggle, and sometimes they are not appropriately compensated. Moreover in recent times of pandemic the most common consumer complaint was that passengers are not getting refund inspite of the fact that their flights were cancelled by the Airlines due to Covid-19 pandemic.
<b>4. Lost Baggage</b>
Lost baggage is one of the most frequently experienced and common issues faced by air passengers in Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, New Delhi and Kolkata. The airline industries have ignored the inconvenience faced by their customers in case of misplaced luggage. For the past few years and indeed, it has left many passengers upset and disappointed. Many customers have claimed that their lost or misplaced luggage carried their valuables, urgent medications etc. but they have not been compensated appropriately by the airlines.
<b>5. Cleanliness of Cabins</b>
Many airline industries of today's time claim to be more aware of the cleanliness of their cabins, but many passengers of these airlines have actively reported their concern about cleanliness and hygiene. Apart from the poor condition of cabins, cleanliness of washrooms and dirty seats are also some of the most common issues faced by these airline industries' passengers.
<b>5. Meals</b>
Onboard catering has always remained a concerning area for airline industries, which directly results in the passengers' disappointment with the meals offered to them. Many passengers have been served the wrong food and the food quality has also remained low compared to passengers' expectations.
<b>6. Hidden Charges</b>
The bulk of customers' anger is aimed at low-cost airlines that have additional hidden charges that disturb the trip's budget. Such airlines have complicated ancillary fee rules which customers have to read.
<b>7. Change of Aircraft</b>
In recent years there is a trend among some customers where they specifically book preferred seats in preferred aircraft but they feel very dissatisfied when they come to know that they have to change the plane and their preferred seats have been changed.
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<b>1. File support ticket/send an email:</b>
You can always contact airlines through their official website by going to their contact us section and by sending them an email. Customer service emails of some leading Airlines are:
Air India Express - customersupport@airindiaexpress.in
Spice Jet - custrelations@spicejet.com
Go Air - feedback@goair.in
Vistata - custrelations@airvistara.com
<b>2. Call Customer support:</b>
All these airlines have a 24*7 customer care number who are always willing to help the customer. To resolve these complaints, you can always call their toll-free customer service numbers. The customer care numbers of some of top airlines in India are :
Indigo Customer Care No. - 0124 617 3838
GoAir Customer Care No. - 1860 210 0999
AirIndia Customer Care No. - 1860 233 1407
SpiceJet Customer Care No. - 096540 03333
AirAsia Customer Care No. - 080 4666 2222
Vistara Customer Care No. - 092892 28888
AirCosta Customer Care No. - 1800-4250-0666
<b>3. Report to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA):</b>
If the Airlines is not willing to help or acting aloof at any stage then the consumer can file a complaint with a Government Agency that oversees air travel. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is the governing body overseeing air travel in India.
<b>4. Send Legal Notice:</b>
Consumers can send legal notices to Airlines in case it is unable to resolve his complaint. It is one of the efficient ways to handle the issue legally. Check below to know how to send a legal notice to Airlines?
Step 1: Firstly, get a legal notice drafted by a lawyer.
Step 2: Check it properly and make sure it is signed by lawyer.
Step 3: Keep a copy of it for future purposes.
Step 4: Send the legal notice to Airlines by registered post.
Step 5: Keep the slip or delivery report for evidence.
<b>5. File consumer forum case:</b>
Consumer forum deals with consumer complaints and you should approach the consumer forum if you feel that your rights as a consumer have been violated.
If Airlines is not responding to your complaints even after sending legal notice by a lawyer then you should file a case against it in a consumer court.
Here is <b>how you can file a case in the consumer court?</b>
Step 1: Intimate the aggrieved party via legal notice.
Step 2: Draft the consumer complaint
Step 3: Attach all the relevant documents and proofs to support your complaint.
Step 4: Select the appropriate court for filing the complaint.
Step 5: Pay the prescribed court fee that is required to be paid along with the complaint.
Step 6: Submit the case along with the affidavit & fees in the court.
Flying in an airline is often a memorable experience, but sometimes it can be memorable for all wrong reasons, and we have mentioned many of those reasons above. Once again to summarize, it is to be noted that the first point of contact should be the airlines itself. Customer satisfaction is as important to airlines as it is to other businesses.
The airlines have allotted separate ticket desks, lounges and baggage claim sections to help the consumers. If this does not solve the problem then the consumer should file a written complaint to the airline. This will act as a proof that you did something from your side in later stages and moreover put pressure on the airlines.
However if the consumer is still left stranded with nowhere else to go then the consumers can always <a href="https://voxya.com/file-consumer-complaint?ref=onlComp">file a consumer complaint</a> at Voxya. We at Voxya, generally receive about 1000s of complaints related to these Airlines in a month.
So how do we actually resolve these airline complaints? We start a social media campaign and then send an email to the company to resolve the complaint amicably. Moreover if strict actions need to be taken then we draft a legal notice and send it to the concerned airline.
Most Common Issue Reported for Airlines Complaints
Complaints
No refund for cacelled rescheduled flight (Air Asia India) Open
Hello Team Voxya, This complaint is regarding two flight bookings, one for myself and the other for my wife. Booking No.*: Name: Ishan Akshat Booking Number: *********** PNR:YYS**U Air Asia I* *** Flight Mumbai to Ranchi Date Nov *th...
Jan 28, 2024 by Ishan Akshat
Boarding denied in flight (British Airways) Open
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Air Asia bots are operating the website (Air Asia) Open
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Jan 17, 2024 by Palak Agarwal
MyPartner Account documents taken but account not opened yet (Make My Trip) Open
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Jan 04, 2024 by Nitu Devi Singhania
Refund not credited (Veertrip com) Open
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Jan 04, 2024 by P Thiruppathi
REQUEST REFUND FOR UNUTILISED TICKET (Emirates Airlines) Open
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Dec 30, 2023 by SWAMINATHAN PRAKASH
Complaint regarding misbehaviour of Turkish Airline staff and mental harassment (Turkish Airlines) Open
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Dec 30, 2023 by Anand Sharma
Europe tour package (Easemy Trip Com) Open
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Dec 29, 2023 by JITENDRA VERMA
Flight booking refund for jet aiways flight booked through MMT (Make my trip) Open
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Dec 28, 2023 by Rakesh H
Goibibo not honoring a refundable onward journey ticket and later cancelled my return journey (Goibibo) Open
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Dec 22, 2023 by Anand Sharma
Cyber Fraud of Rs (mahadev Car Rentals) Open
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Dec 21, 2023 by Devesh Agrawal
Harassment Complaint against Indigo Airlines (Indigo Airlines) Open
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Dec 18, 2023 by AMIT KALRA
Not getting 100 refund (Air Asia) Open
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Dec 16, 2023 by Prakash Ranjan Sahoo
Fake hotel booking (Agoda app) Open
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Dec 13, 2023 by Chinmoy Bose
Refund not initiate in 2 months (Ease my trip com) Open
They are harassing and committed to not my money back...
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SpiceJet Issue (Spicejet Air Line) Open
Hello, Please see my details below, Name:- Kiran Kumari Email:- kiranjha****@yahoo.com Mob:- +** ********** Booking SpiceJet airline for my last trip was the worst decision of my life. It was really a nightmare to reach to my destinati...
Dec 06, 2023 by Kiran Kumari
Not getting refund of my flight cancellations request of booking reference no (Yatra flight booking ) Open
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Dec 06, 2023 by Prakash Ranjan Sahoo
Flight delayed by 3 hours and 45 minutes (Indigo Airlines) Open
Indigo *E ***, staff kept lying about the non availability on Main pilot and delayed the flight by * hrs and ** minutes. I had to travel further *-* hrs from delhi for my home for some personal emergency. Faced a huge mental trauma due to delay...
Dec 05, 2023 by Pankush
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Money deducted but ticket is unable to confirm (Go To Gate ) Open
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Nov 21, 2023 by Shoa Un Nabi Ahmad Khan
Airline Not Doing Passenger Name Correction in Ticket (Airindia Express) Closed
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Dec 15, 2021 by Sulinder Singh
Refund Issue (Travolook in) Closed
I have booked my airline ticket from this website on **th October ****. My money got deducted but ticket was not booked. They are keep on making excuses about returning the money. It is more than ** days now and I am yet to receive the amount. ...
Dec 14, 2021 by saiyathuabip
Refund (TRAVO LOOK TRAVEL AGENCY) Closed
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Dec 09, 2021 by Alkrit Dhiman
Air India deducts rather than full refund (Air India) Closed
*- Air India cancelled its Udaipur to Delhi flight on **th Nov after issuing boarding passes for Udaipur Delhi and connecting Air India flight Delhi to Bahrain; Ticket No: ************* ; seat no. **A *- Airport staff promised ***% refund and...
Dec 08, 2021 by Sushil Kumar Rajmal JAIN
No booking despite receiving money (Goibibo) Closed
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Dec 05, 2021 by Kannan Vanangamudi
Not refunding for an overbooked hotel (HAPPYEASY GO) Closed
I booked a hotel from HappyEasyGo website for a stay in Goa for ** nights (Date : **th December **** to *th Jan ****), received an email confirmation for the same after the booking. I called hotel to confirm but they denied any booking for us o...
Nov 23, 2021 by Akash Akghara
Refund not received (Clear Trip flights ) Closed
I have booked flight from Bangalore to vijayawada for * seats and the ticket was not confirmed after payment was made. I called customer care number, but not reachable them on any support number. I tried reaching for Bank support also but was n...
Nov 18, 2021 by Santosh Bhanumurthy
Refund related issue (HAPPYEASY GO) Closed
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Nov 17, 2021 by Omprakash Badjati
Money not refunding for cancelled tickets in travolook (Travolook) Closed
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Nov 15, 2021 by Venkata Sivakumar
Refund money (Travelook In) Closed
Flight canceled from MAA TO CUT.on********.EMAIL hazrasaumendranath@gmail.com ...
Nov 11, 2021 by SAUMENDRA NATH HAZRA
Flight ticket not refunded (Cleartrip Private Ltd) Closed
I booked my flight tickets twice from cleartrip.com on **/**/****. The amount got debited from my account but the payment got cancelled at their end and I have not recieved and refund for this till date...
Nov 11, 2021 by POMI MANDAL
As per GOVT rule, we are elgible to get full refund as our tickets were booked on FEB **** and flights was for May *th ****. Our ticket rate was ***** and we received only *****. Pls let us know why this is so. Pls issue remaining amount of ***...
Nov 11, 2021 by MEGHNA KRISHNA G PILLAI
Ease mytrip Cheating and fake advice to customer worst app (Easemytrip.com) Closed
One of your Exicutive say" will give an update with in ** hours"...** hours already over ....thats why iam say you are cheating to customer.....iam also working in a travel agency...in my agency all airindia pax got their refund ..only your cus...
Nov 05, 2021 by Mohamed faris
Ticket refund not done (Travolook Www Travolook In) Closed
I booked * air ticket from Hyderabad to Patna on **th October to travel on **th October through their site at Travolook. Immediately after booking I got a call saying the booking didn't get through due to some operational reasons. I was prom...
Oct 22, 2021 by Kumar Harsheet Raj
GoAir Outdated process and technology cost me (GoAir Airlines) Closed
The flight G*-*** from Port Blair (IXZ) to Bengaluru (BLR) on ** Oct '** at **:** hrs was cancelled by GoAir on **th October( PNR E****L , PNR E*DBMS ). I tried reaching their customer support for ** mins but was not successful. I immediately t...
Oct 14, 2021 by Anvesh K N
Refund of business class tickets (Ease my trip) Closed
We issued business class tickets on your portal. Later, we did date change for the "return sector" paying the extra amt (new ticket numbers mentioned below) Details of ticket numbers as below Mr Devendra Gaur - (EMT********) Original ...
Oct 13, 2021 by Nishapatel
Booking cancelled money not refunded (Goibbio Group) Closed
Booking Id. HTLQ*YURWA (for Vizag Hotel stay, dated Sept. ** – **, ****) Complain id. ***************** Refund amount to receive- Rs. **** THIS COMPLAIN IS AGAINST THE GOIBIBO MANAGEMENT FOR NOT REFUNDING MY MONEY AND FOR THEIR WORST CUS...
Sep 29, 2021 by Rupak Mitra
Agoda Payment debited from my debit card but booking not confirmed (Agoda) Closed
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Sep 28, 2021 by Abhiny Shiny James
Baggage damaged by GO AIR (Go Air Airlines) Closed
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Sep 22, 2021 by Nirav Shukla
Refund for cancelled airticket not issued (Travolook) Closed
Booking Ref. No: REF*********. Money was deducted while booking but air ticket was not booked. They promised me a full refund within **-** working days. Now more than two month over. Inspite of calling them repeatedly and raising number of com...
Sep 20, 2021 by Saikat Bhowmik
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