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: 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 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
New Delhi: Sending a strong signal to domestic carriers over abrupt hike in airfares by some of them during periods of high demand, Civil Aviation Ministry today warned them of action if they continued with such "predatory pricing". The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), which issued a directive to all airlines earlier this week, has sent notices to them to explain why such high prices were being charged. "We...
01:56 PM, Nov 25, 2010
Chicago:In a bizarre case of mistaken identity, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel was stopped and questioned by US authorities at the Chicago International Airport. All because the US has on its watchlist a man with the same name and date of birth as Patel. What's worse they didn't believe him when he said he is a minister in the Indian government because he was carrying a personal passport not a...
09:21 AM, Sep 29, 2010
Within two years, air traffic is expected to be unmanageable at the Mumbai airport. ...
10:10 AM, Aug 05, 2010
Earlier, the plan to build another airport in Navi Mumbai was shelved due to environmental concerns. ...
10:40 AM, Jul 21, 2010
The Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel says the panel will be effective. ...
02:19 AM, Jun 04, 2010
Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel spoke to CNN-IBN correspondent Prarthana Gahilote. ...
01:18 AM, May 27, 2010
The aircraft Airbus 320 landed safely at Nagpur airport around 10 p.m. (IST). ...
02:56 AM, Feb 03, 2010
The cash-strapped national carrier posted a loss of Rs 7,200 crore last fiscal. ...
07:42 PM, Jan 27, 2010
The flag carrier of the country is making losses since 2004-05. ...
05:29 PM, Dec 01, 2009
They wanted to pressurise the Govt to regularise their salaries without cuts. ...
06:13 PM, Nov 19, 2009
Save Rajasthan and J-K, state govts were operating without air operation permits. ...
02:44 AM, Nov 18, 2009
A group of Air India pilots on Tuesday said it was firm on the strike. ...
11:23 PM, Nov 17, 2009
Praful Patel has asked airline to immediate take steps to cut costs. ...
03:03 PM, Nov 14, 2009
Govt has asked the carrier to cut costs and generate revenues to recover from losses. ...
12:50 AM, Oct 15, 2009
The spirit to follow the austerity drive seems to be lacking. ...
01:03 PM, Oct 09, 2009
