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Consumer Complaint Behaviour is a complex phenomenon. It refers to responses triggered by perceived dissatisfaction that is neither psychologically accepted nor quickly forgotten in consumption of a product or service (Homburg and Furst, 2005). The complexity in consumer complaint behaviour is reflected in the number of alternative taxonomies, schema and definitions proposed to explain this kind of behaviour. This study has provided significant information and insights on consumer complaint behaviour in airlines. The main objective of this study is to examine Singh’s (1988) taxonomy of consumer complaint behavioural intentions (voice, private and third party) and effect of demographic variables on consumer complaints. The result of the study indicates that the passengers of the airlines are more intent to voice than private and third party. But there is no significant difference between voice, private and third party intentions of complainers and non complainers. Passengers who choose to complain are found younger, middle income and more frequently travelled. In case of gender, male passengers complaint more than their female counterparts. But the majority of the female complainers are more likely to voice their complaints than their male counterparts. The results concur with Kau et al, 1995 and Heung and Lam, 2003 that female complainers have a higher intention to complain and tell others about the complaint if they are dissatisfied. The study indicates that the young passengers are more inclined to complain than the older age group. But the old age group is more intent to take private actions for complaining and the reason may be not to indulge themselves in complex and time consuming complaining process. The findings are supported by Heung and Lam (2003) that the younger and middle age groups are more demanding towards the services. They complaint because they want that organization should rectify the failure situations and take appropriate action.