Overview
- IndiGo revised its ancillary fee schedule in mid-September, with reporters confirming the changes on the carrier’s public fee pages after the update on Thursday.
- Key published increases include the domestic infant lap fee to ₹3,000 per sector, airport excess baggage to ₹800 per kg, Fast Forward priority service to ₹650 domestically, unaccompanied-minor charges to ₹5,999 (domestic) and ₹12,999 (international), and travel certificates to ₹300.
- The airline has not issued an expanded public statement about the revisions and media reports cite unnamed sources that linked the higher fees to rising operational costs, including higher fuel prices.
- The changes shift more out-of-fare costs onto passengers most affected by add-ons—parents travelling with infants, people returning with shopping or heavy luggage, and guardians arranging unaccompanied-minor travel—and will raise total trip prices beyond base fares.
- Ancillary revenue is central to low-cost carriers’ pricing model and, because IndiGo controls roughly two-thirds of India’s domestic market, the fee changes are likely to affect booking choices and overall travel costs across the domestic network; passengers are advised to check final totals and prepaid baggage options before travel.