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DGCA tariff monitoring unit to be strengthened as government targets high airfares: Aviation ministerThe government is actively addressing high airfares by strengthening the DGCA's tariff monitoring unit to prevent opportunistic pricing. Mi...
"Govt is taking matter seriously, action will certainly be taken": MoS Murlidhar Mohol on IndiGo flight disruptionsUnion Minister Murlidhar Mohol stated that the government is closely monitoring IndiGo's flight disruptions and has taken immediate action ...
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...
'Skyrocketing' airfare, lack of tariff regulation dominate PAC meetingMembers of the Parliament's Public Accounts Committee expressed concerns over rising airfare and inadequate actions by regulatory bodies li...
Aviation minister vows to tackle rising airfare, assures balanced approachThe government sought to make air travel affordable and accessible, noted Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu. He highlighted the ne...
Rising airfares: Parl panel wants DGCA involvement in air ticket pricing, unhappy with differing seat prices in same flightA parliamentary panel proposed capping airfares and creating a separate entity to regulate prices, as airlines' self-regulation has been in...
Bhutan plans on reducing 'expensive' airfares to boost tourismAccording to country's Finance Minister, this step would result in uptick of travellers to the country and increase the number of visitors ...
Airfares: Scindia says no proposal to interfere with current regulatory frameworkCivil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday said there is no proposal at present to interfere with the current regulatory fram...
India will be 'Vishwaguru' to world on monopolistic capitalism: P Chidambaram on rising airfaresSenior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday took a swipe at the government over rising airfares, saying that in free markets, when deman...
21 incidents of aircraft engine damage in 2017: GovernmentA total of 59 such incidents were reported in the last four years starting from 2014, according to the data provided by the Civil Aviation ...
Book LTC tickets on lowest fare or face action: Modi government to staffThe ministries concerned will also carry out random checks with airlines to ensure that the tickets were booked at the lowest fare availabl...
Airlines have hiked ticket cancellation charges, says Mahesh SharmaAn analysis has showed that there has been an increase in cancellation charges for air tickets, Union Minister Mahesh Sharma said today.
Opposition urges government to act strongly to check rising airfaresK C Venugopal said airlines have not passed on the benefits of fall in fuel prices to passengers and added that private carriers were "loot...
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.
DGCA to keep eye on air faresAviation regulator DGCA has decided to keep an eye on air fares to check any "exorbitant" and "predatory" pricing by the domestic carriers.
- Recover money spent on over-aged athletes: Sports Ministry tells SAI
The government had spent around Rs 10 lakh for the airfare of the disqualified athletes, who returned home from China after being declared ...
CCI has no reason now to look into pricing of air ticketsThe fair trade regulator's comments comes against the backdrop of many airlines recently slashing airfares to attract more passengers.
- 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 ...
- Government forms panel to keep tab on airfares
The government gave a strong message to the airlines that more needs to be done about reining in skyrocketing airfares.
- Govt not happy with airlines' steps to lower airfares, wants more
Talking tough, the govt today said it was not "fully satisfied" with the steps taken by air carriers to lower the "astronomical" fares and ...