Srinagar: Air carriers operating on the Jammu and Kashmir sector have increased the airfares taking “undue” advantage of Srinagar- Jammu highway blockade following heavy snowfall in Kashmir.
Passenger travelling from summer capital to other destinations in the country, and those coming home, complained that air carriers have skyrocketed airfares making travelling on this sector highly costly.
They complained that whenever, the highway gets blocked, air carriers unilaterally hike the fares taking undue advantage of the situation.
Travel agents here told Greater Kashmir that after the snowfall, the price of air tickets has increased manifold.
“Air tickets are being sold at a whopping price tag of Rs 7000 to Rs 15800 on Srinagar-Jammu-Delhi sector,” they said.
“The sharp increase in airfares hits our business, besides giving a lot of trouble to the people,” they said.
Mushtaq Ahmad of Travel Master, a local travel agency in Srinagar, said, most of the passengers who travel around this time to and fro the Valley are either students or patients.
16/03/14 Mukeet Akmali/Greater Kashmir
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Passenger travelling from summer capital to other destinations in the country, and those coming home, complained that air carriers have skyrocketed airfares making travelling on this sector highly costly.
They complained that whenever, the highway gets blocked, air carriers unilaterally hike the fares taking undue advantage of the situation.
Travel agents here told Greater Kashmir that after the snowfall, the price of air tickets has increased manifold.
“Air tickets are being sold at a whopping price tag of Rs 7000 to Rs 15800 on Srinagar-Jammu-Delhi sector,” they said.
“The sharp increase in airfares hits our business, besides giving a lot of trouble to the people,” they said.
Mushtaq Ahmad of Travel Master, a local travel agency in Srinagar, said, most of the passengers who travel around this time to and fro the Valley are either students or patients.
16/03/14 Mukeet Akmali/Greater Kashmir
