Know how much fare airline companies will charge for how much distance
IndiGo Crisis: In light of the IndiGo crisis, the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India, has exercised its regulatory powers to ensure fair and reasonable fares on all affected routes. The Ministry of Civil Aviation has established maximum fare limits for affected routes. The government has directed airlines not to charge passengers more than the established fares for individual routes.
The government has fixed the maximum fare for a journey of up to 500 km at Rs 7500. Apart from this, the maximum fare for a journey of 500 to 1000 km has been fixed at Rs 12,000 and for a journey of 1000 to 1500 km, the maximum fare has been fixed at Rs 15,000. Let us inform you that India’s largest airline company, IndiGo, has been facing a terrible operational crisis for the last 5 days. Due to this crisis, IndiGo has cancelled thousands of flights in the last 5 days. Apart from this, countless flights of IndiGo are taking off with delays.
The ministry also clarified that a special team has been formed to monitor airfares, which will monitor real-time data and coordinate with airlines and online travel platforms. Immediate action will be taken against airlines that violate these rules. MoCA stated that this fare cap is an immediate and necessary step in the public interest to prevent any financial exploitation of passengers.
According to a PTI report, airline websites showed that SpiceJet’s economy class ticket for a Kolkata-Mumbai flight on December 6th reached ₹90,000, while Air India’s Mumbai-Bhubaneswar ticket was selling for ₹84,485. IndiGo cancelled more than 1,000 flights on Friday, with more than 400 canceled on Saturday.
