SpiceJet has done away with the concept of a separate fuel surcharge in a bid to make pricing and fare displays simpler.
India's largest airline by domestic carriage, IndiGo, also followed suit. It also now has a consolidated "airfare charges" which includes base fare and fuel surcharge. Other charges like airport fees and taxes (which airlines collect on behalf of airport developers and the state) are shown separately.
All other airlines are likely to follow suit as passengers have long been asking for a consolidated figure to be shown as the airfare instead of breaking it up into different elements and making it look like a complex algebra equation.
"Going forward, the fare displayed will be what you see is what you pay, only taxes and fees payable to the government and third parties extra, just like consumers experience when shopping for other goods and products," the airline said in a statement. The airline had told the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) about this move earlier."We have been considering this proposal of offering consolidated price to customers for some time now. The standard way of displaying fares practiced by airlines in India is often confusing to customers, and we hope with our simplification initiative, customers will be better informed and more willing to purchase tickets without fearing the final price will be very different from the so-called and often meaningless 'base fare'," said SpiceJet CCO Kaneswaran Avili.
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