New Delhi: Air travellers are unlikely to get any relief on fares as the regulator has rejected proposals by carriers to take up trunk routes that Jet Airways— which has just six planes in the air — was forced to abandon. Regulatory officials said this was because carriers were pulling planes out of less lucrative sectors to use up the Jet Airways slots.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has informed the airlines that they cannot launch flights unless they augment their fleets. The airlines, however, argue that this is beyond the scope of the regulator’s authority, according to people with knowledge of the matter. It also appears to contradict the government’s move to get other carriers to fill up cancelled slots and keep fares in check, they said.
The carriers were seeking to launch flights on trunk routes such as Delhi-Mumbai and Mumbai-Bengaluru. To be sure, new plane deliveries will help bolster fleets and possibly fill up slots to some extent.
The order means that some airlines that had announced and launched flights from Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and other destinations will have to cancel them unless the regulator reconsiders its decision. That will mean ticket prices, already high because of the cancellations, are unlikely to moderate with the peak summer travel season coming up.
A DGCA source said that a few airlines were withdrawing flights on sensitive sectors to launch flights on trunk routes.
17/04/19 Mihir Mishra/Economic Times
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The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has informed the airlines that they cannot launch flights unless they augment their fleets. The airlines, however, argue that this is beyond the scope of the regulator’s authority, according to people with knowledge of the matter. It also appears to contradict the government’s move to get other carriers to fill up cancelled slots and keep fares in check, they said.
The carriers were seeking to launch flights on trunk routes such as Delhi-Mumbai and Mumbai-Bengaluru. To be sure, new plane deliveries will help bolster fleets and possibly fill up slots to some extent.
The order means that some airlines that had announced and launched flights from Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and other destinations will have to cancel them unless the regulator reconsiders its decision. That will mean ticket prices, already high because of the cancellations, are unlikely to moderate with the peak summer travel season coming up.
A DGCA source said that a few airlines were withdrawing flights on sensitive sectors to launch flights on trunk routes.
17/04/19 Mihir Mishra/Economic Times
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