Airlines assure of maintaining fares

New Delhi: The government on Friday said airlines have assured that they would maintain fares at last week's level, amid the deadlock over talks between Jet Airway's management and its pilots to end the 4-day stir which has seen other carriers charging excessive ticket rates.
"In our meeting today with airlines, we reiterated that airlines must ensure that they maintain airfares what they were 4-5 days back. They must also reschedule flights on routes which have much more demands," Civil Aviation Secretary M M Nambiar told reporters after emerging from a meeting with six airlines here.
The airlines have assured the government that they would maintain the airfares at last week's level and also reschedule the flights on high-demand sectors, he added.
In a letter to airlines, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation last night had asked the airlines to charge fares at last week's level from stranded passengers of Jet whose pilots are on a mass sick leave to protest the sacking of two of their colleagues.
Jet Airways on an average is cancelling 200 flights every day since the pilots went on sick leave from Tuesday. Media reports said following strike by Jet pilots, other carriers were charging an average of Rs 9,000-10000 for Mumbai - Delhi route, while some are even charging up to Rs 15,000 per seat.
11/09/09 PTI/Economic Times

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