India must be alert amid West Asia crisis, no immediate worry: Civil aviation ministerIndia must stay alert to West Asia crisis fallout, though not worried now. Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu stated this in ...
20 May, 2026, 01.23 PM IST
India summer travel shock: Flight tickets to Europe, Leh, Singapore see massive surgeIndian travellers are seeing airfares soar by 40-50% on many routes. This surge is driven by rising jet fuel costs and fewer available seat...
08 May, 2026, 06.36 AM IST
Who is Hunter Peterson: Man behind the viral ‘Let’s Buy Spirit Airlines’ campaign that drew $214 million in pledged crowdfundingA viral online campaign, 'Let's Buy Spirit,' emerged after Spirit Airlines ceased operations, proposing public crowdfunding to revive the c...
07 May, 2026, 10.43 AM IST
DGCA releases summer flights schedule for Indian domestic carriers; in effect from March 29Domestic flight schedules are now available for travel from March 29th to October 24th. The Ministry of Civil Aviation has removed temporar...
23 Mar, 2026, 08.48 AM IST
Govt says it generally refrains from regulating airfares but remains vigilantThe Indian government is monitoring airfares but generally avoids regulation to maintain market competition. Increased aircraft capacity an...
16 Dec, 2024, 09.01 PM IST
Rs 350 samosa, Rs 250 tea, common man forced to buy overpriced items: AAP's Raghav Chadha exposes high prices and air travel woesIn a recent Rajya Sabha debate, Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha raised several concerns about the state of air travel in India, criticisin...
04 Dec, 2024, 07.25 PM IST
Average airfares around Diwali drop 20-25% on many routesAir passengers can expect lower fares this Diwali season, as average airfares on many domestic routes have dropped 20-25 per cent compared ...
13 Oct, 2024, 01.41 PM IST
Want to make airways the new railways, says Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan NaiduUnion Minister of Civil Aviation, Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, aims to make air travel affordable to the common man by addressing airfare flu...
13 Jun, 2024, 02.58 PM IST
Domestic airfares on northward trajectory; still among lowest globally: ExpertsDomestic airfares in India have surged up to 40% in key routes due to higher traffic and capacity constraints in the last six quarters. Ind...
26 May, 2024, 03.29 PM IST
Healthy, tough competition in Indian aviation market; price sensitive too: IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers"Indian consumers are really eager to travel, but it is also a price-sensitive market. What I see is that whenever a new route is announced...
31 Mar, 2024, 12.04 PM IST
Why flight tickets are getting cheaper in the US? Here’s all you should know before planning your travelDomestic airfares in the U.S. have declined compared to the previous year, whereas international flight prices have recorded an upward tren...
17 Jul, 2023, 07.09 AM IST
Removal of airfare caps will help in offering discounted ticket prices: IndiGoThe country's largest carrier IndiGo on Wednesday said the removal of airfare caps will help airlines to increase their passenger load fact...
31 Aug, 2022, 09.13 PM IST
Average airfares declined by 18% in 2017: Suresh Prabhu"Average airfares fell by 18% in 2017 over average air fare in 2015, making air travel more affordable for everyone," he said in a tweet.
03 Jun, 2018, 05.08 PM IST
Average airfares fall 14% last year, says Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi RajuScheduled airlines carried more than 10 crore domestic passengers in the year ended March 2017, an increase of around 19 per cent compared ...
30 May, 2017, 08.14 PM IST
- DGCA instructed to rationalise tariffs of private airlines: Patel
Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on Sunday said the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has been instructed to monitor and ...
09 Jan, 2011, 06.41 PM IST
- Indians to go abroad this New Year as domestic airfares rise
Buoyed by attractive airfares and affordable hotel room rates, more Indians have chosen to holiday abroad this season compared to last year.
22 Dec, 2010, 04.47 AM IST
- Airfares should be affordable: Thomas Cook
The govt intervention has put pressure on the domestic airlines to lower the overall fares on several sectors after they hiked it earlier b...
09 Dec, 2010, 04.28 PM IST