The government today announced to regulate fares for three months till the end of August in an attempt to ensure that passengers are not overcharged for flights.
“We have decided on fares based on flight duration. We have divided fares under seven flight durations,” aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced at the press conference today.
Aviation secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola explained that minimum fare for a Delhi-Mumbai flight ticket will be Rs 3,500 and maximum can go up to Rs 10,000. He added that rules mandate airlines will have to sell 40% of their total seats for a fare, which will be the median of the lowest and highest slabs.
