The war over air fares has intensified with all Indian airlines competing with each other to offer low ticket prices, as Air India also jumped into the fray. A day after Jet Airways offered 20 lakh seats at Rs 2,250 for travel till the year-end and all no-frill carriers - IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir followed suit, Air India on Wednesday evening launched special fares offering a discount of up to...
10:05 PM, Feb 20, 2013
Suspension of flights by crisis-hit Kingfisher Airlines may be a possible reason for soaring airfares, although there is no evidence as yet of any price cartelisation among the carriers, fair trade regulator Competition Commission has said. "If there was indeed a cartel, which is formed to make disproportionately high profits, the airlines would not have been making losses. But, the fact is none of them is making profits, so you...
02:40 AM, Dec 31, 2012
No leave from work, high airfares and persistent inflation were the biggest impediments this year for Indians planning a trip abroad which witnessed a 14 per cent drop from last year, a study has found. ...
10:20 AM, Dec 16, 2012
Bangalore: Increased airfares have forced several north-easterners to stay back in the city as tickets to Kolkata, Guwahati and even Bhubaneshwar from Bangalore have shot up. Kala, who owns a travel agency in the city, said that she has seen an increase in the number of enquiries coming in for flights to these destinations. "Many people call to enquire about flying costs to leave the city, but don't buy tickets...
10:17 AM, Aug 19, 2012
New Delhi: Air fares have shot up in the past fortnight mainly on account of crisis in Kingfisher Airlines but the aviation regulator DGCA on Monday said the hike did not indicate any "alarming trend". Following the reports, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) studied the recent pricing trends and "concluded that the air fare offered by various scheduled domestic airlines on different sectors remained within the fare bands...
07:05 PM, Jul 16, 2012
The air fares of flights to and from Delhi have gone up because of increased user development fee and service tax. ...
07:01 PM, Jul 16, 2012
New Delhi: India's civil aviation regulator on Monday directed all domestic airlines to check the exponential rises in air fares, even as demand declined in May by 0.87 per cent and stood at 54.48 lakh passengers. According to the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the airlines were also directed to have a relook on the route-wise airfares offered in the highest fare bucket, so as to rationalise phenomenally high...
10:07 AM, Jun 19, 2012
Beijing: Air fares in India were about 300 per cent higher than those in China and some other countries because of high tax rates, Jet Airways chief Naresh Goyal said on Sunday, asserting that the aviation industry could not grow with such taxation. "The Indian (aviation) industry can't grow with the taxes. In fact, India is the only country in the world to impose a service tax on their airlines....
11:20 AM, Jun 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued an order against air fare hike by 20 per cent, warning airlines against such a move. The aviation watchdog said that the cost of operation of scheduled airlines have not undergone any major changes in the past two months. Directing scheduled domestic airlines to ensure that fares offered are within the fare band uploaded on the websites of respective airlines,...
01:04 PM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: If you are looking to fly on short notice this season, get ready to cough up twice the normal amount as there is an unusual increase in air traffic this winter. Ticket prices are going through the roof especially on the metro routes this winter season. A Delhi-Mumbai one way ticket for travel from November 16-18 is priced at between Rs 11,000 to Rs 13,500, while a Delhi-Ahmedabad...
07:17 PM, Nov 18, 2010
The airlines CEOs say they cannot absorb the service tax, levied in the Budget. ...
05:04 PM, Mar 04, 2010
This discount will be Effective from March 1 to March 10. ...
04:23 PM, Feb 28, 2010
Jet, Kingfisher and their subsidiaries have hiked fuel surcharge. ...
06:15 PM, Jun 17, 2009
Air India has introduced up to 50 per cent cheaper fares. ...
12:56 AM, Apr 22, 2009
The DGCA says it will will come out with directives on transparency in pricing. ...
12:48 AM, Feb 13, 2009
Companies warned against cartelisation; probe ordered. ...
07:31 PM, Feb 12, 2009
Jet Airways has come out with 30 day apex fares on key domestic routes. ...
11:44 PM, Feb 11, 2009
All major airlines are now doing away with the lower fare slabs. ...
01:07 AM, Feb 11, 2009
Major companies say 'market conditions' have forced their hand. ...
04:21 PM, Feb 10, 2009
The Aviation Sector will incur losses of Rs 4000 cr this fiscal. ...
09:18 PM, Jan 16, 2009
