To ensure that ticket prices are affordable for passengers and at the same time financially viable for airlines, which have been one of the worst affected due to the Covid-19 lockdown, the government on Thursday capped air fares for three months and divided the routes into seven bands based on duration of flights.
“The first band, which would have its specific lower and upper limits of air fare, will consist of flights that are of less than 40 minutes duration. Second, third, fourth and fifth bands of upper limit would be of flights with duration of 40-60 minutes, 60-90 minutes, 90-120 minutes and 120-150 minutes,” Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said.
