Air Fares

Jet Airways offers fares starting at Rs 967 for Udan flights on Lucknow-Allahabad-Patna route

Jet Airways had bagged four routes in the second round of bidding in January in Udan scheme, in which a total of 325 routes were awarded to various operators

Don't regulate air fares, else there will be many more Kingfisher Airlines

DGCA analysis show the highest revenue share from highest priced tickets was just 3.52% across India's six private airlines

Delhi HC asks DGCA to deregister 6 SpiceJet planes, flight cancellations likely

SpiceJet chief operating officer Sanjiv Kapoor, however, has expressed confidence of the operations going forward seamlessly

SpiceJet bonanza: Domestic flights for Rs 1,699; international at Rs 3,799

Just days after its Valentine's Day and the 'one stop sale', budget carrier SpiceJet today announced a fresh sale in which tickets for domestic routes will be available for as low as Rs 1,699 and Rs 3799 for international flights.

Air India, IndiGo may also cut fares to keep up with SpiceJet

January-March one of the leanest quarters for airlines in India so slashing advance purchase prices helps airlines get confirmed occupancy on flights. Besides, it also helps in generating cash which can then be ploughed back into working capital needs.

Competition Commission to probe high air fares again

With air fares soaring again, fair trade watchdog CCI is gearing up for a fresh probe into possible cartelisation among airlines to jack up prices, and it wants to gather more details this time around.

Fare hike: Passenger body cries foul, takes airlines to CCI for 'cartelisation'

In a petition to the Competition Commission chairman Ashok Chawla yesterday, the APAI has also accused the domestic carriers of resorting to fare hikes every time around the festive season.

Bad news for air travellers: Plane fares to rise as ATF prices touch all-time high

Jet fuel (ATF) prices have been hiked by a steep 6.9 percent, taking the rates to lifetime high of Rs 75,031 per kilolitre.

Capping air fares goes against spirit of competition: CCI

Terming supply and demand trends as key triggers for movement in air fares, fair trade watchdog CCI has ruled that the government or the aviation regulator can not be asked to cap the flight ticket prices as that would against the spirit of competition in the sector.

AI will report positive operating margin this fiscal, claims chief

There is some good news from Air India: the airline may become EBIDTA positive this fiscal, which would be for the first time since the erstwhile Air India and Indian Airlines merged in 2007 to create the present airline.