65% of passengers want cap on airfares, says LocalCircles survey

Sixty-five per cent of surveyed passengers want the civil aviation ministry to reintroduce a cap on airfares, according to a survey carried out by LocalCircles.

The survey received 22,000 responses from consumers in 297 districts in the country. The participants were spread across tier I and II towns and rural areas.

The question on re-introduction of fare caps received 12,193 responses and 65 per cent said yes to a query on re-introduction on caps. An another 50 per cent  said that low cost airlines are charging higher airfares than the full service airlines.

The civil aviation ministry removed the caps