Govt wants airlines to keep airfares moderate after Go first exit

The Aviation Ministry has suggested airlines keep airfares at a moderate level as it has observed that ticket prices on certain routes are rapidly rising after Go First’s exit, a senior official has stated.

Go First stopped operating flights from May 3 onwards. The top five routes of the airline, which was operating about 200 flights per day in April, were Delhi-Srinagar, Delhi-Leh, Mumbai-Goa, Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Pune. On such routes, the ministry has observed that the spot airfares have rapidly risen after Go First’s exit.

The official observed that the airlines have been advised to increase flights but they are unable to do much because of paucity of fresh capacity (new planes).