Lok Sabha members from North Kerala have urged Union Minister of Civil Aviation Hardeep S. Puri to ask Air India to abandon the practice of dynamic pricing, especially to Gulf destinations.
At a meeting with the Minister, held in Delhi on Thursday, the MPs said that the dynamic pricing (charging higher fares as the gap between the booking date and travel date shrinks) which most airlines companies adopt during vacation or festival seasons, was causing hardships to Gulf NRIs from Malabar.
Blue-collar NRIs in the Gulf were unable to afford the high price of air tickets even when a national carrier like Air India resorted to the practice adopted by private airline companies, Kozhikode MP, M.K. Raghavan, said.
However, the Minister while assuring the MPs that Air India chairman and managing director Ashwani Lohani would look into the matter, also maintained that the NRIs should organise their travel plans at least two months in advance.
He also said that Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Khurla had been asked to look into issues concerning the Calicut Airport on introducing new flights both in the domestic and international sectors.
A meeting of representatives of private airline companies would be called soon to work out the possible routes.
Some airlines have been given approval to operate domestic flights under the UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) at Calicut International Airport. However, many have not launched operations for various reasons.
02/08/19 The Hindu
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At a meeting with the Minister, held in Delhi on Thursday, the MPs said that the dynamic pricing (charging higher fares as the gap between the booking date and travel date shrinks) which most airlines companies adopt during vacation or festival seasons, was causing hardships to Gulf NRIs from Malabar.
Blue-collar NRIs in the Gulf were unable to afford the high price of air tickets even when a national carrier like Air India resorted to the practice adopted by private airline companies, Kozhikode MP, M.K. Raghavan, said.
However, the Minister while assuring the MPs that Air India chairman and managing director Ashwani Lohani would look into the matter, also maintained that the NRIs should organise their travel plans at least two months in advance.
He also said that Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Khurla had been asked to look into issues concerning the Calicut Airport on introducing new flights both in the domestic and international sectors.
A meeting of representatives of private airline companies would be called soon to work out the possible routes.
Some airlines have been given approval to operate domestic flights under the UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) at Calicut International Airport. However, many have not launched operations for various reasons.
02/08/19 The Hindu
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