Amid concerns of rising airfares, government once again met airline representatives on Tuesday and advised them to continue to monitor the fares and keep them as low as possible, news agencies reported, citing unidentified officials. The aviation regualtor DGCA has identified 40 sectors vulnerable to fare increase and the aviation regulator took fare levels between March 7 to 14 as base to compare data, CNBC TV18 reported citing the Civil Aviation Secretary.
The fares on 40 sectors are 10 to 30 per cent higher, DGCA said. “We monitor domestic airfares daily particularly on high density routes & routes where alternate mode of transport is not available or is difficult. Based on monitoring process,DGCA engages with airlines when spurt in airfares is observed at any sector for appropriate action,” news agency ANI reported citing DGCA.
