Railways looking at airline pricing model: Lohani

"The dynamic fare in airlines is really dynamic. It goes up and also comes down, decided by the demand and supply scenario", adds Lohani

The much-hyped dynamic pricing system that invited a lot of criticism for the Indian Railways may soon be converted into an airline-like model. This could mean that railway fares would go down during lean seasons.
 
Ashwani Lohani, the newly-appointed railway board chairman, said the railways were relooking at the new pricing system. Though a railway cadre official, Lohani was Air India chairman when he moved to the Railway Board in August, and, therefore, has seen the airline pricing model closely.
 
“I personally was not happy with the way dynamic pricing has been structured. We have to really look