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Flights To Get Costlier As Government Raises Fare Caps 4th Time This Year
Flight tickets are about to get more expensive as the government has raised the price cap on domestic airfares for the second time in just over two months by 9 to 12 per cent.
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Cap On Domestic Capacity, Airfares To Stay Till May 30: Aviation Ministry
The limits imposed on airfares and on number of domestic flights that can be operated in the Indian market will extend till May 31, said the Civil Aviation Ministry on Monday.
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Domestic Flight Ticket Prices To Go Up As Centre Raises Cap By Up To 30%
Passengers will have to spend more money for air travel from now as the Civil Aviation Ministry on Thursday increased the lower and upper limits on domestic airfares by 10 to 30 per cent.
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Airfare Cap Likely To Be Discontinued As Services Reach Pre-Covid Level: Centre
Emphasising that capping of airfares was an "extraordinary measure", Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday said the price bands are expected to be done away with once flight services reach pre-COVID-19 levels.
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Fare Cap For Airlines To End When Normal Operations Start: Official
Airfare bands are not going to be permanent and will be done away with as soon as normal flight operations resume, Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola said on Thursday.
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Price Capping On Domestic Flights Extended For Another 3 Months: Centre
The upper and lower limits on domestic airfares will remain in place for another three months post November 24, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday.
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Price Capping On Domestic Flights Extended Till November 24: Centre
The upper and lower limits on domestic airfares have been extended till November 24, the Aviation Ministry said today. The ministry had on May 21 placed these limits through seven bands, classified on the basis of flight duration, till August 24.
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Air India Caps Fare For Srinagar Flights After 'Leave Kashmir' Advisory
Air India today capped fares of its Srinagar flights till August 15, a day after the Ministry of Aviation told all the airlines to curb the surging air ticket prices "for pilgrims returning from Amarnath dham".
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Price Cap On Airfares Could Increase Costs, Says Government
Pricing deregulation has allowed competition to bring down prices dramatically in India, the government said.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Launches Cheap Flights Scheme 'Udan' From Shimla: Highlights
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the ambitious UDAN in Shimla, a scheme to help people to fly cheap to small-towns. In a series of tweets, the Prime Minister's Office had said the airfare for a one-hour journey of 500 km has been capped at Rs 2,500, which will be an all-inclusive charge. For longer routes and flight duration, the pricing...
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In India's Plan To Revive 'Ghost Airports', Rs 2,500-Per-Hour Flights
Last month, operations came to a grinding halt at the Durgapur airport in West Bengal after leading to a bitter face-off between the Centre and the state government. Air India, the only airline which operated to it, had discontinued flights saying nobody was buying tickets.
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Airfares Cap Not A Solution To Rise In Ticket Prices: Civil Aviation Minister
Civil Aviation Minister Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju on Thursday said a cap on airfares will not help reduce the steep rise in ticket prices.
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Capping Airfares Could Push Up Floor Price Of Tickets: Minister Gajapathi Raju
Capping airfares could be counter-productive for majority of passengers as airlines might hike the floor prices, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said today.
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Government Refuses To Step In Airfare War, Says Won't Cap The Ticket Prices
Capping of airfares in the backdrop of passenger complaints of arbitrary tariff hikes was today ruled out by the government which said that competition among the airlines will take care of the problem.
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Government Has An Airport Revival Plan, Examines Airfare at Rail Rates
If you are complaining about high air fares ahead of the festive season, this should interest you. The aviation ministry is examining if air fares can be capped at Rs 2500, matching rail fares.
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Flights To Get Costlier As Government Raises Fare Caps 4th Time This Year
Flight tickets are about to get more expensive as the government has raised the price cap on domestic airfares for the second time in just over two months by 9 to 12 per cent.
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Cap On Domestic Capacity, Airfares To Stay Till May 30: Aviation Ministry
The limits imposed on airfares and on number of domestic flights that can be operated in the Indian market will extend till May 31, said the Civil Aviation Ministry on Monday.
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Domestic Flight Ticket Prices To Go Up As Centre Raises Cap By Up To 30%
Passengers will have to spend more money for air travel from now as the Civil Aviation Ministry on Thursday increased the lower and upper limits on domestic airfares by 10 to 30 per cent.
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Airfare Cap Likely To Be Discontinued As Services Reach Pre-Covid Level: Centre
Emphasising that capping of airfares was an "extraordinary measure", Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday said the price bands are expected to be done away with once flight services reach pre-COVID-19 levels.
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Fare Cap For Airlines To End When Normal Operations Start: Official
Airfare bands are not going to be permanent and will be done away with as soon as normal flight operations resume, Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola said on Thursday.
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Price Capping On Domestic Flights Extended For Another 3 Months: Centre
The upper and lower limits on domestic airfares will remain in place for another three months post November 24, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday.
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Price Capping On Domestic Flights Extended Till November 24: Centre
The upper and lower limits on domestic airfares have been extended till November 24, the Aviation Ministry said today. The ministry had on May 21 placed these limits through seven bands, classified on the basis of flight duration, till August 24.
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Air India Caps Fare For Srinagar Flights After 'Leave Kashmir' Advisory
Air India today capped fares of its Srinagar flights till August 15, a day after the Ministry of Aviation told all the airlines to curb the surging air ticket prices "for pilgrims returning from Amarnath dham".
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Price Cap On Airfares Could Increase Costs, Says Government
Pricing deregulation has allowed competition to bring down prices dramatically in India, the government said.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Launches Cheap Flights Scheme 'Udan' From Shimla: Highlights
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the ambitious UDAN in Shimla, a scheme to help people to fly cheap to small-towns. In a series of tweets, the Prime Minister's Office had said the airfare for a one-hour journey of 500 km has been capped at Rs 2,500, which will be an all-inclusive charge. For longer routes and flight duration, the pricing...
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In India's Plan To Revive 'Ghost Airports', Rs 2,500-Per-Hour Flights
Last month, operations came to a grinding halt at the Durgapur airport in West Bengal after leading to a bitter face-off between the Centre and the state government. Air India, the only airline which operated to it, had discontinued flights saying nobody was buying tickets.
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Airfares Cap Not A Solution To Rise In Ticket Prices: Civil Aviation Minister
Civil Aviation Minister Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju on Thursday said a cap on airfares will not help reduce the steep rise in ticket prices.
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Capping Airfares Could Push Up Floor Price Of Tickets: Minister Gajapathi Raju
Capping airfares could be counter-productive for majority of passengers as airlines might hike the floor prices, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said today.
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Government Refuses To Step In Airfare War, Says Won't Cap The Ticket Prices
Capping of airfares in the backdrop of passenger complaints of arbitrary tariff hikes was today ruled out by the government which said that competition among the airlines will take care of the problem.
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Government Has An Airport Revival Plan, Examines Airfare at Rail Rates
If you are complaining about high air fares ahead of the festive season, this should interest you. The aviation ministry is examining if air fares can be capped at Rs 2500, matching rail fares.
