Sustainable fares needed to ensure viability of airlines: Hardeep Singh Puri
New Delhi: Civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri called for sustainable and rational airfares that would ensure viability of the sector, while adding that it was a free market and the government has no plan to regulate ticket pricing.
“You know the fares between Delhi and Mumbai are lower than what they used to be 20 years ago. Average fares used be Rs 5,100 but it’s Rs 4,600 today. Clearly, something is wrong here. It should also be our responsibility to ensure viability of the airlines,” Puri told ET in an interview.
