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DGCA allows airlines to offer fare discount to customers with no baggage

Aviation regulator DGCA on Friday allowed airlines to provide concessions in air fares to customers travelling with no check-in baggage. The move comes days after the Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA) provided greater flexibility to domestic carriers on fixing ticket prices by increasing the minimum fare band on domestic flights tickets. "As part of airline baggage policy, scheduled airlines will be allowed to offer free baggage allowance as well as zero baggage/ no check-in baggage fares," DGCA said in a circular on unbundling of services issued on Friday. This will be subject to the condition that the passenger booking ticket under such fare scheme is made aware of the charges that shall be applicable if the passenger turns up with the baggage for check-in at airline counter, it stated. The circular further said on the basis of various feedback received, it is felt that many times these services provided by the airline may not be required by the passenger while ...

Aviation stocks take flight as govt ups fare price band; SpiceJet gains 7%

On Thursday, Ministry of Civil Aviation revised air fare price band on flights with 90 to 120 minutes of duration to Rs 3,900, up from Rs 3,500 earlier

Average US air fares fall to lowest price after Covid-19 pandemic

The average ticket price was $245, down 30% over the same period in 2019 and down 7% over the second quarter, when average prices were $262 a ticket

Minimum air fare structure for domestic sector extended till Feb 24: Puri

At a press conference here, he said the fare structure will be extended by another three months till February 2021

Blow to airlines as SC approves DGCA's recommendations for airfare refund

A bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan, clarified that if tickets were purchased through agents, then the refund will also be done to the agents

Delhi HC refuses to interfere with govt's order on setting caps on airfare

The bench said that in the present situation of the Covid-19 pandemic, the exercise of this power by the government 'cannot be said to be arbitrary or unreasonable'

Govt to fix domestic air fares for 3 months: Hardeep Singh Puri

For the Delhi-Mumbai route, the upper limit for flight fare would be Rs 10,000, said Hardeep Singh Puri at a press conference in Delhi

Covid-19 crisis: Govt considers regulating air-ticket prices after lockdown

The govt's move has divided the industry with executives of airlines and experts suggesting that government's intervention in pricing will be counterproductive

Slowdown blues: Diwali sales in slow lane for airlines, travel portals

Fares were likely to pick up for Diwali, beginning October 25; however, for now, airlines are holding up fare hikes

Mumbai, Bengaluru simultaneous runway closures see fares rise up to 200%

Mumbai airport announced a runway closure from February 7 to March 30 due to the recarpeting of the intersection of two runways

Airlines' 8% fare hike comes a cropper as Indians refuse to pay more to fly

Data shows the fare growth led to a decline in passenger numbers even on prime metro routes

2017 air fares fell 18%, passenger CAGR up 19% in 2018, says Suresh Prabhu

He said that his ministry is working on a plan for the domestic production of aircraft under the Make in India initiative

Air travel cheaper than using auto-rickshaws, claims Jayant Sinha

Some people will say that I'm talking nonsense, but this is true, he added

Spike in last-minute ticket prices: Air fares up 65% on holiday demand

Spike in last-minute airfares is in contrast to 2015 when fares registered a decline

Surge pricing: Flying looks cheaper than train travel

Air India even came out with an advertisement on Saturday claiming Air India spot fares were cheaper than Rajdhani flexi fares

Flying against the wind

Capping short-haul air fares is retrograde