P Chidambaram Claims Student Offloaded As Flight Overbooked, Asks For Rules

Airlines sometimes take more bookings than the number of seats available to squeeze maximum revenue, assuming that some passengers will not turn up.

Congress leader P Chidambaram claimed that he had the boarding pass of a student who was denied entry into the plane as it was "overbooked". The former finance minister claimed that the student and two other passengers were "off-loaded" at the boarding gate and not offered any compensation for the inconvenience caused. I have the boarding pass of a student-passenger who had a ticket to fly from city X to city YAt the boarding gate, he and two other passengers were "off-loaded" because the airline had "overbooked" passengers on the flight!He was not offered refund of the fare or…

"I have the boarding pass of a student-passenger who had a ticket to fly from city X to city Y. At the boarding gate, he and two other passengers were off-loaded because the airline had overbooked passengers on the flight! He was not offered refund of the fare or compensation for his loss of travel and the inconvenience," he posted on X (formerly Twitter).

While he did not give specifics about his airlines or the airport where the incident had occurred, Mr Chidambaram urged others who have faced a similar predicament to come forward. He also tagged India's aviation regulator and asked if there are rules to deal with such a situation.