IndiGo raises infant, baggage and priority-service fees
IndiGo has increased its infant travel fee by 50% to ₹3,000, while raising charges for excess baggage, unaccompanied minors, priority boarding and travel certificates—expanding its ancillary-revenue opportunity across domestic flyers.
What happened
IndiGo has raised fees for infant travel, excess baggage, unaccompanied minors, priority boarding and travel certificates. The ancillary-price revisions
Key facts
- Infant travel fee increased 50% to Rs 3,000 from Rs 2,000
- Excess baggage fee increased to Rs 800 per kg from Rs 700 per kg
- Unaccompanied-minor fee increased to Rs 5,999 from Rs 5,000
- Priority check-in and boarding fee increased to Rs 650 from Rs 450
- Travel certificate fee increased to Rs 300 from Rs 200
What changed
IndiGo has raised fees for infant travel, excess baggage, unaccompanied minors, priority boarding and travel certificates. The ancillary-price revisions increase passenger add-on costs and could materially lift revenue across the airline’s large domestic customer base.
Why this matters
Higher infant, baggage and priority-service charges should lift ancillary revenue and yield per passenger, supporting margin expansion.
What to watch
- Quarterly ancillary revenue per passenger and total revenue per available seat kilometre relative to fare revenue growth.
- Load factors, booking lead times and cancellation patterns for family-heavy leisure routes after the infant-fee change.
- Competitor announcements on infant, baggage, priority boarding and unaccompanied-minor charges.
- Growth in passengers buying baggage allowances online versus paying excess-baggage fees at the airport.
- Social-media complaints, consumer-affairs scrutiny or regulatory commentary on airline fee transparency.