Airlines Raise Fare

• Airlines can charge for preferred seats, check-in bags: Government

  In a move that would raise the cost of air travel, the government today said it has allowed airlines to charge passengers for preferred seats on a flight, check-in baggage and meals, among other things.

• Plane tickets stay pricey even as fuel price falls

  You would be right to assume that if domestic airlines increase fares when oil companies raise aviation fuel prices, then similarly when oil companies reduce prices they should pass on the benefit of this reduction in cost to passengers. But, even after five cutbacks in fuel prices in recent months, airlines haven't on a single occasion made any an...

• Airlines warned not to raise fares to cash in on Kingfisher crisis

  With airfares mounting in the last couple of weeks primarily due to cancellation of Kingfisher flights, aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), today warned airlines not to raise air ticket prices beyond a given range.

• Air India gives ultimatum to pilots; losses mount to Rs 26.5 crore

  The strike by Air India pilots is in its third day and neither side is willing to blink first. On Friday, Air India warned that it would fire pilots who did not report to work by 5 pm. With not much time before the deadline elapses, the striking pilots have said all 800 or so of them are ready to get terminated and go to jail but are not willing to...

• Pilots' strike: Air fares shoot up

  Within hours of a section of Air India pilots announcing the strike, private airlines jacked up their fares on all the major sectors within the country. A Delhi-Mumbai ticket which cost Rs 8000-9000, is now costing Rs 12,000. "There has been an increase of up to 50 percent in the air fare," said, a travel agent in Delhi who wished not to be identif...

• Airlines raise fares to cash in on Air India strike

  Private airlines led by low cost carriers have jacked up their fares by upto 50 per cent on the Mumbai-Delhi sector in the wake of the strike by a section of Air India pilots who are demanding pay parity and better working conditions.While low cost carrier Indigo is said to be charging Rs 6,234 for its Mumbai-Delhi afternoon flight, Jetlite fares f...