NEW DELHI: India’s aviation regulator has asked all airlines to come out with individual medium-term plan by on Wednesday on enhancing availability of domestic flights, in a move aimed at curbing rising airfares, government officials said.
Airfares have been on an upswing across India for last few weeks due to sharp decline in number of flights primarily caused by grounding of three-fourths of cash-strapped Jet Airways’ 119-aircraft fleet.
The availability of flights was also hit by pulling out of Spice Jet’s 12 “737 Max” aircraft in March following safety concerns in the wake of crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jet on 10 March.
