New Delhi: A meeting of Congress leaders from Union Territories convened by Rahul Gandhi on Friday saw strong pleas to make the Union Home Ministry pro-active to resolve the problems faced by the areas ahead of Lok Sabha polls. The leaders from Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Andaman and Nicobar islands, Lakshdweep, Daman and Diu as also Chandigarh impressed upon the Congress Vice President that since the Home Ministry is administering the areas, it needed to take special interest to address the problems of the people there.
Leaders from Andaman and Nicobar sought a subsidy in airfares to the islands on the lines available to the Northeastern region to ensure greater connectivity while those from Daman and Diu sought help for fishermen in the area. As regards Chandigarh, the issue of conversion of industrial plots from leasehold to freehold, which has been pending for a long time.
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01:18 AM, May 18, 2013
Mumbai: Jet Airways group on Thursday said it has revised, with effective from May 15, the free baggage allowance to 15 kg in the economy class on all domestic routes, but has retained the cabin baggage limit at the previous level of 7 kg. The airline, in a statement, said it will charge a passenger flat Rs 250 for every additional baggage. However, the JetPrivilege members will continue to enjoy...
06:57 PM, May 09, 2013
Even as AirAsia's plans to launch an airline in India along with the Tata Group is yet to fructify, the Malaysian carrier has announced upto 70 per cent discount on international flights from India. ...
11:20 AM, Apr 02, 2013
With major carriers slashing airfares following Jet Airways' offering of 20 lakh seats at Rs 2250 for travel till the year-end, Air India on Wednesday said it might join the competition to bag more air travellers. However, the government did not expect the low fares to breach the lowest fare bucket given by the airlines to aviation regulator DGCA. ...
03:30 PM, Feb 20, 2013
Joining the low-fare war triggered by budget carrier SpiceJet in January, full service carrier Jet Airways on Tuesday announced special fares as low as Rs 2,250 for a single journey across its domestic network. The airline has put 20 lakh seats on over 450 daily flights across 57 destinations on sale, for six days effective February 19 under the offer, a Jet press release said. ...
09:02 AM, Feb 20, 2013
New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday said that domestic airfares were unlikely to go down to the 2011 levels any time soon. However, it said, the fares may soften with a decline in demand. The DGCA said that higher operational cost and airport charges were responsible for the higher fares, although insisting that they were still within the prescribed band. The airfares this year have...
12:43 PM, Jul 20, 2012
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
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: 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 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
New Delhi: The Civil Aviation Ministry has 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. The Civil Aviation ministry had ordered the airlines to declare highest and lowest fares on different routes the airlines. Sources in the Civil Aviation Ministry say the regulator is very...
08:48 AM, Dec 02, 2010
The airfare to Singapore and back is now just Rs 11,000. ...
09:19 PM, May 23, 2009
Singapore Airlines announced 50 per cent special discount on existing fares. ...
05:40 PM, May 23, 2009
Cut in airfares will be decided after taking into account expenses and previous losses. ...
03:10 PM, Nov 24, 2008
