Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has urged the Union government to regulate the steep airfares imposed on Haj pilgrims and expatriates. Despite repeated appeals, the Centre maintains that airlines have full control over pricing
25 March,2025 01:57 PM IST | Kerala
In the first week of January, the first meeting between DGCA and Federation of Indian Airlines was held over data sharing. On March 3, DGCA held another meeting with airlines, requesting them to share fare data
24 March,2025 11:06 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
Warns airlines to ‘rationalise rates’, approves 81 more flights to city to check surge; A one-way ticket from Mumbai to Prayagraj’s Bamrauli Airport costs at least Rs 30,000, and from other metro cities the fare is currently around Rs 50,000 or more
29 January,2025 08:06 AM IST | Mumbai | Prasun Choudhari
Skyrocketing airfares
Outbound ticket prices from Mumbai skyrocket up to almost five times the usual, as consumer groups raise alarm
07 December,2024 07:24 AM IST | Mumbai | Prasun Choudhari
Air passengers might have a reason to smile this Diwali season as average airfares on many domestic routes have dropped 20-25 per cent compared to the year-ago period
14 October,2024 08:20 AM IST | Mumbai | PTI
In a significant move that will reduce IndiGo airfares by up to Rs 1,000 on certain long routes, the country's largest airline Thursday announced that it has withdrawn fuel charge that was collected from passengers
04 January,2024 03:13 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's Office said in a release on Saturday that the union government has refused to intervene in the issue.
13 August,2023 09:16 AM IST | Thiruvananthapuram | PTI
Congress leader K C Venugopal on Tuesday fired a fresh salvo at Union Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia saying that he should take concrete action to control rising airfares rather than "hiding behind" advisories and quoting "random figures”
13 June,2023 05:17 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
In a letter to PM Modi, the Kerala Chief Minister said that airfares in both the international and domestic sectors have become exorbitantly high recently, which is pulling the travel industry down and putting Non-Residents to extreme hardship
04 July,2022 10:54 AM IST | Thiruvananthapuram | ANI
Flights with duration between 40-60 minutes have a lower limit of Rs 3,700 instead of Rs 3,300 now, the order said. The upper cap on these flights was increased by 12.24 percent to Rs 11,000 on Thursday
13 August,2021 12:00 AM IST | New Delhi | PTIADVERTISEMENT
