Jet to give 3% commission to travel agents

After three days of discouragement from over 2,000 travel agencies nationwide to sell Jet Airways and Jetlite, Jet Airways has come forward to offer 3% commission on the basic ticket fare.

Written by Corporate Bureau

December 9, 2008 00:13 IST

After three days of discouragement from over 2,000 travel agencies nationwide to sell Jet Airways and Jetlite, Jet Airways has come forward to offer 3% commission on the basic ticket fare. Travel agents account for nearly 85% of air tickets sales in the country, while airlines and travel portals cater to the rest.

According to Sunil Kumar, secretary-general, Travel Agents Association of India, over 2 lakh people are employed across the country.

?The management of Jet Airways and JetLite has agreed on the table to pay travel agents a three per cent commission,?? he said, though awaiting for an official communication.

This article was first uploaded on December nine, twenty eight, at thirteen minutes past twelve in the am.