New Delhi: apping airfares will push up ticket costs, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said today after a parliamentary panel recommended "fixing an upper limit" for air tickets and restricting cancellation charges to 50 per cent of the base fare.
The report by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture noted that "airlines are charging more than ten times of the advance booking fare" and that "deregulatory environment does not mean unlimited freedom of exploitation", while urging the government to intervene.
"The Ministry of Civil Aviation, though aware of the rampant exploitation is not showing any proactive role in regulating the airfares.
"The committee therefore recommends that Ministry of Civil Aviation consider fixing an upper limit of the air ticket for every sector," says the report which was tabled in the Rajya Sabha yesterday.
The Aviation Minister told reporters that there were only 1.7 per cent of cases where fares were higher than normal, and putting a cap on them will result in pushing up fares for 98 per cent of the cases.
"We did an analyses and we took up ticketing of an entire year and we realised 1.7 per cent of the ticketing was a matter of concern and that was mostly on certain sectors. If we go into floors and caps, we will be pushing up the cost for 98 per cent to reduce the cost for less than 2 per cent," Raju told reporters outside Parliament.
06/01/18 PTI/Economic Times
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The report by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture noted that "airlines are charging more than ten times of the advance booking fare" and that "deregulatory environment does not mean unlimited freedom of exploitation", while urging the government to intervene.
"The Ministry of Civil Aviation, though aware of the rampant exploitation is not showing any proactive role in regulating the airfares.
"The committee therefore recommends that Ministry of Civil Aviation consider fixing an upper limit of the air ticket for every sector," says the report which was tabled in the Rajya Sabha yesterday.
The Aviation Minister told reporters that there were only 1.7 per cent of cases where fares were higher than normal, and putting a cap on them will result in pushing up fares for 98 per cent of the cases.
"We did an analyses and we took up ticketing of an entire year and we realised 1.7 per cent of the ticketing was a matter of concern and that was mostly on certain sectors. If we go into floors and caps, we will be pushing up the cost for 98 per cent to reduce the cost for less than 2 per cent," Raju told reporters outside Parliament.
06/01/18 PTI/Economic Times
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