Srinagar, Apr 15: Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has requested intervention from the DGCA and Union Civil Aviation Ministry to stop airlines from unilaterally raising airfares on the Jammu and Kashmir route.
KCCI president Javid Tenga in a statement said “The feedback received about the tourist inflow to Kashmir valley by air route indicates that the rush of air travellers to the valley is increasing as besides the tourists a large number of non-resident Kashmiris, students and patients taking treatment outside the state are returning for the celebration of Eid festival at their homes and it is at the same learning that some Airlines in collusion with bulk ticket booking operators are hiking the airfares at their sweet will which is not only affecting the tourist business in Jammu & Kashmir adversely but it also overburdens the non-resident Kashmiris, students and patients travelling back to home in an emergency to celebrate Eid festival.”
