New Delhi: The government moved to control airfares on Friday even as the pilots strike in Air India and Kingfisher led to several flights being cancelled. The government said that it won't slap the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) on the pilots for now after Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday over the crisis. There seems to be some hope amidst the turbulence for...
03:40 PM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday met Aviation Minister Ajit Singh over the ongoing strike by the Air India pilots that has crippled the national carrier. Singh reportedly told the minister that steps must be taken to ensure that airfares did not rise despite the strike. Nearly 50 pilots called in sick earlier this week demanding parity in the training programme of pilots between the Air India and...
01:23 PM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: After Kingfisher it's financial trouble for Jet Airways on the ground. Jet Airways has failed to deposit service tax dues worth Rs 35 crore for February. The airline was supposed to have filed the dues latest by March 6. Jet Airways has acknolwedged the delay and has promised to clear the dues along with interest by Monday. Jet Airways has not paid a total of about Rs 69...
06:13 PM, Mar 10, 2012
New Delhi: A play-safe budget on Monday raised the income tax exemption limit from Rs 1.60 lakh to Rs 1.80 lakh, leaving at least an extra Rs 2,000 in the hands of tax paying men across the board and made air travel, hotel accommodation and drinking in AC restaurants costlier. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the 2011-12 budget, which shows a net revenue loss of Rs 200 crore, imposed an...
09:12 PM, Feb 28, 2011
Jaipur With Gujjar agitation intensifying in Rajasthan, airlines have hiked fares on Jaipur-Delhi and Jaipur-Mumbai routes while the bookings are almost full for the next two days. Travellers have no option but to pay twice or thrice the actual fare as the demand has raised after cancellation of numerous trains due to the ongoing Gujjar agitation. "Airfares are constantly rising for the last two-three days. Yesterday, the fare for Jaipur-Delhi...
05:29 PM, Dec 25, 2010
New Delhi: Airfares have soared this December but that has not stopped holiday travel. Domestic Airlines clocked a new record this Christmas, selling 1.84 lakh tickets on Friday. This is a 20 per cent rise over last year. Jet Airways sold the maximum, with over 36,000 tickets. Kingfisher followed with over 32,000 tickets. Low cost airlines also saw good sales. Even Go Air managed to sell over 10,000 tickets. Experts...
10:43 PM, Dec 24, 2010
New Delhi: Aviation Minister Praful Patel, while addressing the media after the Civil Aviation Economic Advisory Council meet, on Friday, said that the Aviation Ministry and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) were unhappy with fares on airline websites. He said that though spot fares will be higher than the regular airfare, but the present spot fares are not justified. He said, "Airlines should bring more transparency on spot...
06:23 PM, Dec 13, 2010
New Delhi: Domestic airlines have only techincally complied with DGCA's directive to declare route wise fares. The data available on the airlines' websites can only be deciphered by experts. Airlines have complied with the word of the DGCA order but not with the spirit of the directive. All domestic carriers have, as per the DGCA directive, put up route-wise fares on their websites. But a closer look shows that these...
05:44 PM, Dec 09, 2010
New Delhi: Complying with the directives of DGCA, domestic airlines on Tuesday said they have started publishing different fare levels for each route from Tuesday. DGCA had on Monday directed all Indian carriers to show route-wise and date-wise airfares on their websites by Wednesday evening and ensure transparency so that flyers do not feel cheated by high ticket prices. The decision to display route-wise airfares was taken after a meeting...
10:06 PM, Dec 07, 2010
New Delhi: Kingfisher Airlines owner Vijay Mallya on Monday protested against Government's attempt to regulate airfares. Mallya said that there should be no regulation on airfares, whether it is in upper or lower band. "If government is concerned about airfares, it should be concerned about high airfares and equally be concerned about low airfares as well. A combination of this will ensure health of the industry. The more important thing...
04:08 PM, Dec 06, 2010
New Delhi: Your flight tickets won't cost a bomb after all private airlines have buckled to pressure and brought down airfares by 20 per cent to 25 per cent. After the Directorate General of Civil Aviation's (DGCA) intervention, the airlines have slashed fares A Delhi-Mumbai ticket is now available for between Rs 5,000-Rs 10,000. While the Delhi-Chennai fare is down to Rs 5,000-Rs 15,000. It'll cost you Rs 5,000-Rs 13,000...
11:46 AM, Dec 05, 2010
New Delh: A day after Civil Aviation Ministry warned the airlines against predatory pricing, aviation regulator the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) made it clear to the private airlines in a meeting in New Delhi on Saturday that steep airfares have to come down. A meeting between DGCA officials, Civil Aviation Ministry and private airlines represented by SpiceJet was held in New Delhi where the airline companies were asked...
04:36 PM, Dec 04, 2010
New Delhi: The Government on Friday took on the airlines over the issue of exorbitant airfares. Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on Friday warned the airlines that they cannot charge fares at will. The Civil Aviation Ministry had demanded an explanation from airlines on proposed airfares submitted by them. The airlines had been ordered to declare highest and lowest fares on different routes the airlines. Responding to notice domestic airlines...
07:02 AM, Dec 04, 2010
New Delhi: The Government on Friday took on the airlines over the issue of exorbitant airfares. Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on Friday warned the airlines that they cannot charge fares at will. "Exorbitant hike has caused inconvenience to the travellers. We feel that corrective action must be taken. Aviation sector is back on high growth track. This has led to mismatch in demand supply (but) that does not mean...
03:38 PM, Dec 03, 2010
New Delhi: The Civil Aviation Ministry demanded an explanation from airlines on proposed airfares submitted by them. Acting on a government directive, domestic airlines on Wednesday submitted their proposals for making public a range of fares for every month. Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said there would be no exorbitant rates for passengers traveling by air while responding to the proposal given by airlines, regarding increased airfares to the Directorate...
04:51 PM, Dec 02, 2010
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