Wait gets longer for transparency in fixing airfares

Mumbai: A group set up by the civil aviation ministry to recommend measures to bring transparency in the fixing of airfares is unlikely to submit its report by December 30, because its meeting with the aviation regulator, last week, turned fruitless.
The ministry had created a first-of-its-kind group of
representatives from a passengers’ body, travel trade, airport operators and airline CEOs to submit a report on passenger concerns, airfares in particular by December 30. But group members claim that the Bharat Bhushan, who heads the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), left the maiden meeting halfway.
“I wasted the whole day travelling all the way to Delhi from Chennai for the meeting but it was futile because we did not get enough time to discuss the issues affecting fliers,” said Sudhakar Reddy, national president, Air Passenger Association of India, a member of the group. The other members of the group are Rajji Rai, president, Travel Agents Association of India, advertising professional Dilip Cherrian, aviation analyst Kapil Kaul and representatives from Air India and Indigo Airlines.
Civil aviation minister Praful Patel created the group after airfares doubled since mid-November.
28/12/10 Soubhik Mitra/Hindustan Times

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Dec 2010