Airlines should “monitor” the abnormal surge in airfares on Odisha flights and keep them in check, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) said in an advisory on Saturday.
“Further, any cancellation and rescheduling on flights due to the (Balasore) incident may be done without penal charges,” the advisory mentioned.
A MoCA official on the condition of anonymity explained that the spot airfares on major routes such as Bhubaneswar-Delhi, Bhubaneswar-Bengaluru and Bhubaneswar-Kolkata are anywhere between Rs 9,000 — Rs 17,000 and it has got the government concerned.
At least 288 people have died in one of the worst accidents involving three trains that happened at Balasore in Odisha on Friday night.
