DGCA keeps 'rigorous oversight' on airfares for festivals; airlines to operate additional flightsAviation watchdog DGCA monitors airfares for the festive season. It works to prevent ticket price increases. The ministry reviewed trends a...
05 Oct, 2025, 08.29 PM IST
Airlines to submit aggregate level airfare data to DGCADGCA has agreed to accept aggregated airfare data from airlines for analyzing price trends over the past two years, following a request fro...
26 Mar, 2025, 08.41 PM IST
DGCA and airlines clash over transparency in ticket pricing, cite commercial sensitivityDGCA and top Indian airlines are at odds over a notice requiring detailed data on airfares from the last two years. Airlines are concerned ...
24 Mar, 2025, 01.13 AM IST
Govt asks airlines to maintain reasonable airfares for Prayagraj flights; IndiGo cuts prices 30-50pcIn response to high airfares to Prayagraj due to increased demand for the Maha Kumbh Mela, the civil aviation ministry urged airlines to ma...
29 Jan, 2025, 09.07 PM IST
Parliament passes Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, replacing 90-year-old Aircraft ActIndia's Parliament approved the Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak 2024. This new law replaces the outdated 1934 Aircraft Act. The Rajya Sabha pass...
05 Dec, 2024, 09.03 PM IST
Bringing down airfares on new minister Ram Mohan Naidu's radarAviation is a deregulated sector and airlines fix fares based on supply and demand, as well as seasonality. Last month, the Delhi High Cour...
14 Jun, 2024, 10.51 AM 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
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
'Covid destroyed financial viability of airlines but..': Civil Aviation Minister responds on air price hike issue in Lok SabhaCivil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia addressed the issue of air price hike in the Lok Sabha, highlighting the losses faced by airli...
07 Dec, 2023, 03.46 PM IST
Rising airfares: Congress says PM's words that those with 'hawai chappals' can travel by air sound like 'cruel joke'Congress general secretary organisation K C Venugopal said it was criminal to lift caps on airfares in August 2022 when the economy was in ...
10 Jun, 2023, 07.02 PM IST
India has one of the best airfare regimes; there should be no 'gouging': Akasa Air CEOAkasa Air CEO Vinay Dube's comments come against the backdrop of concerns about a steep rise in airfares in certain routes amid capacity re...
07 Jun, 2023, 03.38 PM IST
Centre asks airlines to devise mechanism for reasonable pricing of air ticketsAirfares have jumped significantly on certain routes, especially in the wake of crisis-hit Go First suspending operations from May 3. Durin...
05 Jun, 2023, 10.50 PM IST
Govt asks airlines to exercise moderation in pricing tickets amid spike in airfaresIndia is one of the fastest growing civil aviation markets in the world and domestic passenger traffic has been rising after being signific...
19 May, 2023, 04.39 PM IST
Can't expect normal free market principles in crisis situation: CCI chief on capping of airfares"As far pricing caps put in place by the civil aviation ministry, I can only say that these are not normal times and it would be inappropri...
10 Jun, 2020, 06.50 PM IST
MPs demand cap on air faresMembers in the Rajya Sabha today sought a cap on airfares and sought to know why charges were levied by airlines on booking preferential se...
18 Jul, 2018, 04.56 PM IST
CCI probes alleged cartelisation in airfaresCurrently, the CCI is probing whether there is cartelisation among carriers in fixing price of air tickets.
18 Sep, 2015, 09.59 PM IST
Capping of airfares violates competition norms: Ashok Chawla, CCI chairmanTerming that the move would be 'antithetical' to competition as well as deregulation, Chawla stressed that market forces should be allowed ...
16 Aug, 2015, 01.52 PM IST