{"id":73069,"date":"2025-09-04T17:46:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:16:03","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-04T17:46:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:16:03","slug":"iata-says-higher-gst-on-non-economy-class-flight-tickets-39-disappointing-39-counterproductive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/?p=73069","title":{"rendered":"IATA says higher GST on non-economy class flight tickets &#39;disappointing&#39;, counterproductive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IATA says higher GST on non-economy class flight tickets &#39;disappointing&#39;, counterproductive<BR>GST<BR>Dated:- 4-9-2025<BR>PTI<BR>New Delhi, Sep 4 (PTI) Global airlines&#39; grouping IATA on Thursday termed as &#8220;disappointing&#8221; the decision to increase the GST on non-economy class flight tickets, &#8220;with no justification&#8221; and said that taxing premium travellers, where they often make a difference to a route&#39;s viability, is counterproductive.<br \/>\n The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, comprising representatives from the Centre and the states, on Wednesday decided on a two-rate structure  5 per cent and 18 per cent  as part of a major revamp.<br \/>\n Under the rate rejig, to be effective from September 22, non-economy class air travel will attract a GST of<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Plain text (Extract) only<\/strong><BR>For full text:-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxtmi.com\/news?id=54627\">Visit the Source <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p>aircraft orders and world-class infrastructure.<br \/>\n &#8220;Aviation has tremendous potential to contribute to India&#39;s economic growth, both directly as Indian airlines grow, and indirectly through increased connectivity for travellers and businesses alike. It is therefore disappointing to hear of a decision to increase the GST on non-economy travel with no clear justification,&#8221; he said.<br \/>\n For its aviation industry to thrive, he said India needs to take a whole-of-government approach in considering broader policy and consider the risks of such policies on dampening demand and undermining profitability.<br \/>\n &#8220;Asia Pacific airlines are forecast to only earn USD 2.60 per passenger in 2025. Taxing premium travellers, where these customers often make a diff<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Plain text (Extract) only<\/strong><BR>For full text:-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxtmi.com\/news?id=54627\">Visit the Source <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IATA says higher GST on non-economy class flight tickets &#8216;disappointing&#8217;, counterproductiveGSTDated:- 4-9-2025PTINew Delhi, Sep 4 (PTI) Global airlines&#8217; grouping IATA on Thursday termed as &#8220;disappointing&#8221; the decision to increase the GST on non-economy cl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73069\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}