The reduced rates, which were to become effective from June 15, will now come into force from July 1, a senior DGCA official said today.
On Saturday, the government had announced a rate of Rs 100 per additional kilogram of checked-in baggage up to a certain level from the existing charges of Rs 300 per kg.
“Due to system integration problem and software updation by third party as expressed by airlines, the Air Transport Circular 02 of 2016 on unbundling of services addressing the issue of checked-in baggage rate between 15-20 kg will now be effective from July 1, 2016,” the official said.
Last week, Director General of Civil Aviation M Sathiyavathy had said the revised rates would be applicable from June 15.
At present, all domestic airlines allow free checked-in baggage up to 15 kg. Beyond that, they charge Rs 300 per extra kg. Only Air India allows a free baggage of upto 23 kg.