NEW DELHI: Faced with questions on exorbitant airfares charged by airlines during peak seasons and certain other instances in Parliament on Thursday, Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that airfares are neither established nor regulated by the government, but in case there is a steep rise in ticket prices, airlines are sensitised for necessary intervention.
The minister’s comment comes at a time when it has become a common practice among airlines to charge exorbitant ticket rates during peak seasons. Even during crises such as the closure of Jet Airways and fall in seating capacity post the grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft, the airlines had been selling tickets at steep prices.
