DGCA tells airlines to make fares public

New Delhi: Airlines exploiting passengers by exorbitantly jacking up fares multifold, especially to metros, have been asked by the regulator, Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), to make public details of all- inclusive fares on the first day of every calendar month.
"To maintain transparency in tariff publication, all the scheduled domestic airlines will have to furnish a copy of the route- wise tariffs across its network in various fare categories, in the manner it is offered in the market to the DGCA on the first day of every calendar month. Any significant and noticeable change in the established tariff so filed with DGCA shall be reported to DGCA within 24 hours of effecting such changes," the DGCA said in a statement on Sunday.
Airlines have also been asked to maintain all records pertaining to established tariffs in its office and publish airfares on their Websites or in newspapers.
DGCA said this has been done in view of inadequate information available in the public domain on airfares and reports of scheduled domestic airlines charging excessively high tariffs for various flights across their network during periods of high demand, causing a lot of inconvenience to the travelling public and drawing adverse comments on airfares.
22/11/10 Mail Today/India Today

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Nov 2010