Sharp surge in festive season, holiday airfares 'serious concern': SCThe Supreme Court has deemed the surge in air ticket prices during festive seasons a "serious concern," questioning unpredictable fare fluc...
24 Feb, 2026, 12.47 AM IST
Aviation ministry actively considering issues related to surge in airfares during festivals: CentreThe Indian government is actively considering new rules for air ticket prices. The Supreme Court has called the issue of unpredictable airf...
23 Feb, 2026, 06.29 PM IST
Supreme Court flags concern over exorbitant rise in airfares during festivalsA bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta termed the exorbitant rise of airfares by airlines as "exploitation" and asked the Centre...
19 Jan, 2026, 06.46 PM IST
Alliance Air to offer fixed airfares until Dec 31 under 'Fares se Fursat' schemeAlliance Air has launched 'Fares se Fursat,' a new airfare scheme offering a single, fixed fare regardless of booking date, even on departu...
13 Oct, 2025, 09.03 PM IST
Airfares have moderated in 2024 relative to 2023, says govtIndian government reports moderation in airfares in 2024 compared to 2023, particularly during festival seasons. While airlines independent...
27 Nov, 2024, 05.50 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
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
Weak rupee add to desi globetrotters' woes as costs spike on top of already sky-high airfaresSince the peak summer travel season is over, the rupee's freefall is as of now impacting families sending their children abroad for studies...
20 Jul, 2022, 10.33 AM IST
Jet crash-landing leaves tourism players a worried lotSome key sectors like Mumbai-Hyderabad, Mumbai-Delhi and Delhi-Mumbai have seen the fares flying by 62 percent, 52 percent and 49 percent.
19 Apr, 2019, 07.26 PM IST
Kerala floods: Prabhu says DGCA monitoring airfares but no micro management of airlinesThe ministry had also clarified that high airfares shown on some social media tweets are for hopping and very long duration flights.
20 Aug, 2018, 09.53 PM IST
Forcing low airfares on Gulf route may attract litigation: GovernmentThe ministry conveyed this view to a Parliamentary panel, which sought steps to ensure that the public is protected from predatory airfares.
14 Aug, 2016, 02.42 PM IST
Ashok Gajapathi Raju rules out capping of airfaresAshok Gajapathi Raju said restricting airfares will not make good business sense as it could also jeopardise government's regional connecti...
09 Jun, 2016, 03.44 PM IST
Parliamentary panel pitches for capping maximum airfaresAmid concerns over steep fluctuations in air ticket prices, a Parliamentary panel has suggested capping maximum airfares on domestic routes.
01 Dec, 2015, 06.39 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
PM Modi voices concern over high airfares during festive seasonsThere have been instances of airlines hiking price of air tickets during festival seasons when more people travel.
02 Sep, 2015, 05.20 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
Government mulls capping airfares to curb predatory pricing: Minister Mahesh SharmaMahesh Sharma minister said that there could be 3 approaches, including through Aviation Regulator DGCA, to prevent predatory Pricing Ways.
24 Jul, 2015, 03.44 AM IST