MUMBAI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has asked domestic airlines to display tariff, slab wise on each route they operate so as to bring transparency in pricing and the consumer will have an idea of the highest and lowest fares on offer for a particular route.
For the sake of transparency, the DGCA has asked scheduled domestic airlines to display established tariff route-wise and fare category-wise on monthly basis and also to notify noticeable changes to DGCA within 24 hours of effecting such a change, said a release issued by the press information bureau.
"The intention behind the above directions is to keep the passengers informed of pricing pattern of airlines. Further, DGCA also monitors tariff on specific sectors on regular basis,'' the release added.
The peak travel season during this Diwali saw airfares on several domestic routes jump to new levels.
"Airfares applicable for domestic passengers are determined by the market forces and are not fixed by the government. Airfares are dependent upon ATF prices, Airport Development Charges, Passenger Services fee, Foreign exchange rates, Service Tax, etc. Fluctuations in any of these components affect the airfares,'' the release added.
"Scheduled airlines offer different fare buckets for each flight and the airfares offered by the airlines in lower bucket are affordable. The airfares increase with the increase in demand for seat, as the lower fare buckets get sold out fast. Random monitoring of domestic airfares revealed that the airfares are remaining within the fare band made available by the scheduled airlines on their respective websites,'' it said.
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