Airline Fares

Shares of Indian domestic airlines rose on Thursday, a day after the civil aviation ministry said it will remove the restrictions on ticket prices

Airlines will be free to decide what to charge passengers from August 31; the government has ended the limits it had placed on airfares when the pandemic began.

India will remove the fare caps it imposed on domestic airlines in 2020 during the pandemic on Aug. 31, the country's civil aviation ministry said on Wednesday, lifting restrictions on ticket prices.

On August 3, IndiGo airline launched a Sweet 16' Anniversary sale for all its consumers flying on domestic routes. The offer is to commemorate 16 years of flying by the airline. As per the offer, fares will start Rs 1,616.

Akasa Air is launching its services from August 7 with two Boeing 737 Max aircraft. Boeing has delivered one plane and the second one's delivery will take place later this month.

A Twitter user who recently travelled on an IndiGo flight shared a screenshot of the price break-up of his ticket fare, and one detail from the bill has caught the attention of netizens.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene in the issue of rising air fares in the country.

It is not easy for an airline to turn a profit in India and a lot of issues such as fare caps and high taxes on aviation turbine fuel (ATF) have to be resolved, a senior IATA official said on Sunday.

IndiGo on Wednesday launched an exclusive fare category called "Super 6E" that will provide special services like extra 10 kg baggage, free seat selection, reduced cancellation fee as well as in-flight meal.

Top airline bosses agreed on many things at the Wings India airshow in Hyderabad last month: taxes should be reduced and airport capacity must be ramped up. But there's one thing they couldn't settle upon.

Aviation regulator DGCA has asked airlines to ensure that the airfares on metasearch engine websites are not higher than the ones displayed on the carriers' websites, a senior official said on Monday.

Domestic flight operators are allowed to give concessions in ticket prices to those passengers who carry no baggage or only cabin baggage, aviation watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has said in a circular.

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.

Aviation regulator DGCA has asked SpiceJet to stop its five-day discounted sale of tickets that started on Monday as the government-imposed fare limits are in place since domestic flights resumed operation on May 25, senior officials said.

Airlines should try to keep middle seats on flights vacant and provide "wrap-around gowns" for those who do end up with these seats, the country's aviation regulator DGCA said today. The government had earlier said it would not be viable to keep middle seats vacant as fares would shoot up.

Shares of Indian domestic airlines rose on Thursday, a day after the civil aviation ministry said it will remove the restrictions on ticket prices

Airlines will be free to decide what to charge passengers from August 31; the government has ended the limits it had placed on airfares when the pandemic began.

India will remove the fare caps it imposed on domestic airlines in 2020 during the pandemic on Aug. 31, the country's civil aviation ministry said on Wednesday, lifting restrictions on ticket prices.

On August 3, IndiGo airline launched a Sweet 16' Anniversary sale for all its consumers flying on domestic routes. The offer is to commemorate 16 years of flying by the airline. As per the offer, fares will start Rs 1,616.

Akasa Air is launching its services from August 7 with two Boeing 737 Max aircraft. Boeing has delivered one plane and the second one's delivery will take place later this month.

A Twitter user who recently travelled on an IndiGo flight shared a screenshot of the price break-up of his ticket fare, and one detail from the bill has caught the attention of netizens.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene in the issue of rising air fares in the country.

It is not easy for an airline to turn a profit in India and a lot of issues such as fare caps and high taxes on aviation turbine fuel (ATF) have to be resolved, a senior IATA official said on Sunday.

IndiGo on Wednesday launched an exclusive fare category called "Super 6E" that will provide special services like extra 10 kg baggage, free seat selection, reduced cancellation fee as well as in-flight meal.

Top airline bosses agreed on many things at the Wings India airshow in Hyderabad last month: taxes should be reduced and airport capacity must be ramped up. But there's one thing they couldn't settle upon.

Aviation regulator DGCA has asked airlines to ensure that the airfares on metasearch engine websites are not higher than the ones displayed on the carriers' websites, a senior official said on Monday.

Domestic flight operators are allowed to give concessions in ticket prices to those passengers who carry no baggage or only cabin baggage, aviation watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has said in a circular.

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.

Aviation regulator DGCA has asked SpiceJet to stop its five-day discounted sale of tickets that started on Monday as the government-imposed fare limits are in place since domestic flights resumed operation on May 25, senior officials said.

Airlines should try to keep middle seats on flights vacant and provide "wrap-around gowns" for those who do end up with these seats, the country's aviation regulator DGCA said today. The government had earlier said it would not be viable to keep middle seats vacant as fares would shoot up.