Aviation Ministry issues clarification on Delhi-London trip fares

Recently, there have been media reports which say that ticket prices from Delhi to London have been on an all-time high. However, the Aviation Ministry has issued a clarification regarding the same.

An economy-class ticket for a flight from Delhi to London has been available for between ₹1.03 lakh and ₹1.47 lakh during August, the Ministry of Civil Aviation said on Sunday.

"There are media reports claiming India-UK one-way economy class fares have touched ₹4 lakh. These reports have no proven basis. The veracity of Shri Sanjeev Gupta's claim has been thoroughly checked by DGCA," the ministry said on Twitter.


"The fares offered on the Delhi-London sector (Economy class) range from ₹1.03-1.21 lakhs for Indian carriers and ₹1.28-1.47 lakhs for UK carriers for travel during August 2021," it added.

This clarification came after a complaint was made by the Secretary of the Inter-State Council Secretariat in the Union Home Ministry, Sanjeev Gupta. He put out a tweet saying that an economy-class ticket on British Airways's Delhi-London flight for August 26 was priced at ₹3.95 lakh.


He said that an economy-class ticket on a Delhi-London flight of Vistara and Air India for the same date was also priced between ₹1.2 lakh and ₹2.3 lakh amid college admission time in the UK.

The Secretary added that he has "alerted" P S Kharola, Union Civil Aviation Secretary regarding this.

Even though there have been caps on domestic airfares in India since May last year, this has not been the case for international airfares.