The Mumbai consumer commission has directed Flynas, a Saudi-based budget airline, to compensate a passenger Rs 1.25 lakh for losing her baggage during a trip from Istanbul to Mumbai via Riyadh. The commission criticized the airline's lack of effort in tracing the lost bag and failure to attend the hearing, deeming their conduct as "mala fide negligence."
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