Parliamentary panel suggests AI-driven stringent airfare regulation mechanism, more teeth to DGCA on pricingA parliamentary panel suggests an AI-powered system, 'AirPrice Guardian,' to monitor and regulate airfare trends. The proposed framework ai...
26 Mar, 2025, 09.56 PM IST
Flying soon? DGCA directs airlines to share passenger rights link with ticketsThe DGCA has directed Indian airlines to include a link to passenger rights with tickets to inform travelers about entitlements during serv...
24 Mar, 2025, 09.19 AM IST
Government announces 50% airfare cut for Mahakumbh travelers starting today: ReportAirfares for passengers traveling to the Mahakumbh Mela 2025 are set to be reduced by 50% starting from February 1. This decision comes aft...
01 Feb, 2025, 08.14 AM IST
DGCA asks airlines to reduce airfares on 10 routes to 'reasonable levels'A comparison between current ticket prices and those during March 7-14 period, when it was normal season, was done by the watchdog.
16 Apr, 2019, 09.12 PM IST
Consider capping air ticket prices: Parliament panel to govtAgainst this backdrop, the panel said the Civil Aviation Ministry should consider fixing an upper limit for every sector, especially in the...
17 Mar, 2017, 09.35 PM IST
- Airfares up but Directorate General of Civil Aviation sees no alarming trend
Airfares have shot up in the past fortnight mainly on account of crisis in KFA but the DGCA today said the hike did not indicate any "alarm...
16 Jul, 2012, 09.50 PM IST
- Domestic airlines set to slash rates by 5-20 per cent in highest airfare bracket
India's leading domestic airlines have agreed to slash airfares in their highest fare bracket by 5-20 per cent.
19 Jun, 2012, 02.05 AM IST
Air fare hike not due to Kingfisher Airlines' flight cancellation: DGCADGCA said it has been keeping a "close watch" on airfares since December 2010 and there has not been any abrupt rise in the fares to cash i...
22 Feb, 2012, 11.55 AM IST
- Airfares rising on cancellation of Kingfisher flights; DGCA keeping watch
The DGCA is also monitoring the flight operations of all airlines on the respective slots allotted to the carriers in the ongoing winter sc...
18 Nov, 2011, 10.04 AM IST
DGCA warns to airlines on mounting air faresDGCA chief said airlines should have 'transparency' in fixing airfares & follow the rules made by the DGCA in this regard.
17 Nov, 2011, 05.09 PM IST
- DGCA's blueprint soon with powers to regulate air fares
Airfares shot up drastically, by about 200% on a few sectors, post-Diwali, forcing DGCA to issue directions on November 19, 2010.
14 Mar, 2011, 01.41 AM IST
- CCI seeks airfare data to probe into cartelisation
Anti-trust watchdog Competition Commission of India (CCI) has sought data from the civil aviation ministry to probe whether airlines have f...
24 Dec, 2010, 02.22 AM IST
- Confusing airfare charts leave passengers in dark
Airlines making airfares public have left travellers lurking in the dark as there is no information on availability of seats in a particula...
09 Dec, 2010, 05.53 AM IST
- DGCA asks domestic airlines to show fares on their websites
DGCA met officials of the no-frill carriers - IndiGo, Spicejet and GoAir, after issuing a directive asking all carriers to explain the high...
06 Dec, 2010, 07.03 PM IST
- DGCA set to monitor fares on regular basis
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has set up a tariff analysis unit to monitor route-wise tariff across airlines' networks o...
02 Dec, 2010, 08.02 AM IST
- Why high airfares? Airlines to reply to DGCA by tomorrow
Indian airlines are to submit their responses by tomorrow to aviation regulator DGCA explaining the abrupt hike in airfares even during non...
30 Nov, 2010, 08.17 PM IST
- DGCA seeks monthly air tariff report
In a bid to prevent airlines from jacking up prices abruptly due to heightened demand, the government has asked carriers to furnish route-w...
22 Nov, 2010, 01.50 AM IST