In a study carried out by Greenpeace, it compared the ticket price in long distance trains and flights and found out that train fares on 112 long routes were almost double the air tickets and in some cases were upto to 4 times higher on different dates.
Airfare on several flights has registered a massive surge ahead of the festive season. If experts are to be believed, the fare may rise further.
Accordingly, the new offer entitles passengers to make changes in their ticket at least five days prior to the date of departure instead of seven days.
Air travel will now become a little expensive as the government has decided to increase the lower limit on airfares by five percent amid rising aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday.
Aviation regulator DGCA issued detailed guidelines on Wednesday regarding a refund of the ticket price for the flights cancelled amid the coronavirus-triggered lockdown.
The Supreme Court Thursday directed refund of air tickets, domestic and international, for travel during the COVID-19 lockdown period from March 25 to May 24 within three weeks from the date of the cancellation of flights.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has informed the Supreme Court that people who had booked air tickets during the lockdown are entitled to immediate refunds.
Offering tickets free of cost on flights under the Vande Bharat mission would have further affected the finances of Indian airlines including Air India, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Monday.
Pappan Singh has booked tickets worth over Rs 1 lakh so that the workers, who have toiled for him, some for over 20 years, can join him in farming mushrooms during the August to April season.
Now that the government has decided to resume domestic flight operations in the country after two months of grounding, it is also making sure that the fares don't jump out of control. A Delhi-Mumbai flight ticket will cost you upto ₹10,000. Here is how flight tickets will be priced.
Some airlines have started bookings for flights from June onwards, sources said on Monday amid commercial flight services remaining suspended till May 31 due to the nationwide lockdown. Commercial flights have been suspended since March 25 when the lockdown began to curb spreading of coronavirus infections.
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Sunday directed all airlines to stop taking flight bookings after the Ministry of Civil Aviation issued a circular for all airlines asking them to refrain from booking tickets.
Ministry of Civil Aviation clarified on Saturday that so far no decision has been taken to open domestic or international operations.
On the occasion of its 5th anniversary, Vistara Airlines has announced big discounts on domestic flight tickets. The offer is only valid for travel between January 25 to September 30, 2020.
The main runway of the Mumbai international airport will remain closed for eight hours every day, except Sundays and select days, from November 4 to March 28, 2020, for carrying out re-carpeting work.
Are you planning to book a flight for a trip home or abroad? Have you seen a price escalation in flight tickets from the time you searched these flights till the time you are booking it online? We bring to 5 effective tips to help you book the cheapest flights available online.
Summer vacations may be over, but your plans to visit Goa have yet not been fulfilled and we know that! The IRCTC has come up with a tour package to Goa, which would include the flight tickets, holiday destinations, Goa hotels, water sports and more. The tour package would be for 2 nights and 3 days and will begin from Hyderabad.
Amid an unprecedented crisis in Jet Airways, airfares in India are continuously skyrocketing ever since the cash-strapped airline suspended its domestic and international flights.
Just as the competition in Civil Aviation sector is intensifying, major airlines have introduced new routes and discounts.
IndiGo is the largest airline in India with a share of around 40 per cent of passenger market.
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