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"Arrest indiscriminate increase in airfares," CPI MP writes to Civil Aviat
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Binoy Viswam in a letter to Jyotiraditya Scindia said, "I write to you seeking your intervention to arrest the indiscriminate increase in domestic airfare prices across the country, and the extreme hardship caused to the ordinary citizens of the country."
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Airlines reduce domestic airfares on several routes after govt instruction
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
"As a result of this intervention, prices have seen up to 60 per cent decline. This is being monitored daily by the Minister himself," as per ministry sources on data by DGCA's Tariff Monitoring Unit.
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Twitter battle between Venugopal, Scindia continues over airfare
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The Twitter battle between Congress leader KC Venugopal and Union civil aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia continues over the latest rise in airfares and other affairs involving India's civil aviation sector.
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Rise in airfare highest in India among Asia Pacific, Middle East markets s
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Airfares in key markets in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East rose sharply even as airport charges have remained steady since the pandemic. A study conducted by Airports Council International Asia-Pacific in collaboration with Flare Aviation Consulting on airfare trends in the region found hig
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"Ill-informed and undiscerning:" Jyotraditya Scindia hits out at KC Venugo
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Terming his remarks "ill-informed" and shocking" Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday shot back at the senior Congress leader KC Venugopal for hitting out at the Centre over "skyrocketing airfares" and said Indian economy is in the pink of health.
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May take action against operators if there is unbridled hike in air fares:
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
During a recent meeting of officials with the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and the top officials of airline companies, a senior official of MoCA advised the airline companies that the ministry will be forced to take concrete action if there is an unbridled hike in airfares.
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Parliamentary panel to hear representatives of Civil Aviation Ministry on
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture will on Monday hear representatives of the Ministry of Civil Aviation on the issue of 'fixing of airfares'.
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Parliamentary panel summons private airlines to discuss rising airfares
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Department Related Standing Committee for Transport, Tourism and Culture has on April 5 summoned representatives of various private airlines and the Association of Private Airport Operators (APAO) to discuss the vital issue of rising airfares across the country.
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"Millions of workers forced to pay exorbitant prices for air tickets," Ker
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In his letter, Vijayan said that the exorbitant airfares from Gulf countries to Kerala especially during peak/ festival seasons have been a vexing problem for international passengers in the sector.
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DGCA monitors airfares to ensure airlines do not charge airfares outside d
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has a Tariff Monitoring Unit that monitors airfares on certain routes on a monthly basis to ensure that the airlines do not charge airfares outside a range declared by them, General (Rtd) VK Singh, Union minister of state for civil aviation said i
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Centre to remove cap on airfares from August 31, Scindia says "stabilisati
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): The Ministry of Civil Aviation has decided to withdraw the fare cap on air tickets imposed during the initial days of COVID-1 in 2020.
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India has signed pact with 116 countries; international airfares may get c
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 1 (ANI): The Indian government has activated bilateral air service agreements with 116 countries and is allowing foreign carriers to serve India to add more flights to the country's metropolitan cities.
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