Flight Fare: After the flight crisis of Indigo, many airlines had increased their air fares, after which the government took a big decision to control the air fares. According to the Civil Aviation Ministry, due to continuous cancellation of flights, not only there was a shortage of seats, but ticket prices also suddenly started skyrocketing. On some routes, tickets reached Rs 80,000 to Rs 90,000.
Now the government has set the maximum fare limit according to distance. The Union Civil Aviation Ministry has implemented camping, due to which the fare for flights between 0 to 500 kilometers will now not exceed Rs 7,500. The cap for flights between 500 and 1,000 kilometers has been fixed at Rs 12,000. The maximum limit has been kept at Rs 15,000 for flights between 1,000 to 1,500 kilometers and Rs 18,000 for long-haul flights longer than 1,500 kilometers. The government has said that this fare limit will be applicable on all booking platforms whether it is the airline’s website or online travel agent. If any airline breaks this rule, immediate action will be taken against it. In such
Now the flight fare is this much
After the strictness of the Central Government, there is stability in air fares. According to Priyanka Kandpal, the cheapest ticket for Mumbai-Delhi in the next three days is only Rs 6135. After the IndiGo crisis, air tickets from Mumbai to Delhi were being sold for up to Rs 48,000. After the strictness of the government, the air ticket for Delhi-Bengaluru starts from Rs 6363, whereas before the strictness of the government, the airlines had increased the fare from Delhi to Bangalore to Rs 35000.
Apart from this, now Delhi-Pune air ticket will be available from Rs 5495 and Delhi-Kolkata air fare will start from Rs 8595 from 8th December. Talking about Delhi-Chandigarh, the air fare is starting on 9th at just Rs 3223. Not only this, in the last one or two days, the fare from Delhi to Patna was skyrocketing and the price had crossed Rs 40,000. Air India’s Mumbai-Bhubaneswar ticket had reached Rs 84,485.
Lakhs of passengers faced problems
During the IndiGo crisis that started from December 2, more than 1800 flights were cancelled, due to which more than 2 lakh passengers had to face a lot of trouble. The biggest problem was that people were not getting other flights and the fares of the few flights that were left became so high that it was becoming a burden on the common man’s pocket. Amidst the IndiGo crisis, the government has taken strict measures against the 10-fold increase in fares of other airlines and now there has been a slight decline in the maximum fares even on the main routes connecting metros like Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata. Even before the peak travel season of December begins, the IndiGo issue has severely affected people’s travel plans.
Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Cooperation Muralidhar Mohol said on Saturday that DGCA formed a four-member committee to review the operational problems in IndiGo Airlines. In this, the committee will look into matters like crew planning, operational preparation and compliance with the new flight duty time regulation to prevent such incidents in future.
