Travel Agents Association to boycott British Airways in Pakistan
Pakistan Times Business & Commerce Desk

LAHORE: Travel Agents Association of Pakistan (TAAP) has decided to boycott British Airways and not to sell its tickets from Thursday in a protest against the Airlines management decision to reduce their commission from nine percent to seven percent.

Addressing a press conference at Lahore Press Club on Wednesday, Chairman of the Association Ashfaq Ahmed Mirza said that all other airlines are giving nine percent commission while British Airways has decided to cut their commission by two percent from February 1,2005 without any reason which cannot be accepted.

Other office bearers of the TAAP were also present on the occasion.

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He said , "TAAP has given 15 days time to the airlines authorities to withdraw decision regarding reduction of travel agents' commission but as, they have not responded positively, we are left with no option but to go for boycott."

To yet another question, he admitted that British Airways is one of the best airways of the world, but hastened to add that some other airlines operating from Pakistan are also providing equally good service.●