Livemint.com, 20 May 2009, P.R. Sanjai
Mumbai: The managing committee of the Travel Agents Association of India (Taai) on Tuesday rejected a productivity-linked bonus offer by Singapore Airlines, continuing a stand-off between the airline and travel agents that is approaching its fifth month.
“Taai had demanded commission on tickets sold. In fact, we had asked all of our state committees to tighten their stand against Singapore Airlines with a slogan ‘Quit India’,” Taai president Rajinder Rai said, following the managing committee’s meeting in Kochi. Earlier, the airline had offered a productivity-linked bonus in which agents would get 2% of total sales provided they brought in business of at least Rs5 lakh a month.
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