Airlines reply to regulator on fare hike

September 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has written to the CMDs/CEOs of all scheduled airlines to charge air travellers tariff at a level prevalent in the week ending September 6. In the letter, the DGCA said it was aware of domestic airlines charging tariff almost three to four times higher on various metro routes as compared to those prevalent in the week ending September 6.

August 31st, 2009 Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air launch fare saleSEATTLE — Alaska Air Group Inc.'s subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, have launched a fare sale throughout their networks for travel through February. One-way fares start as low as $29 for flights between West Coast destinations and $109 for Mexico flights, the company said Sunday.

August 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's aviation sector regulator has warned all airlines operating on international routes of "appropriate action" if they failed to comply with instructions regarding distribution of health screening cards to passengers on board. "It has come to the notice of the DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) that some airlines are still not distributing the requisite health screening cards to the passengers on board, causing public health hazard," a government statement said Wednesday.

July 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Defending the policy of giving licenses without auctioning spectrum, Communications and IT Minister A. Raja Monday said his decision to issue telecom licenses at nominal rates has led to higher tele-density and fetched huge revenue for the government.

June 18th, 2009 MUMBAI - Low-cost carrier SpiceJet Thursday hiked its fuel surcharge by Rs.400 following a recent hike in aviation turbine fuel (ATF) rates. "We have increased fuel surcharge by Rs.400 on our flights with immediate effect," Samyukta Shreedharan, SpiceJet chief operating officer, told reporters here.

June 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's private air carrier, Jet Airways, Wednesday increased its fuel surcharge by Rs.400 on all domestic sectors, and attributed it to an increase in aviation fuel prices. The fuel surcharge will be applicable on all Jet Airways, Jet Airways Konnect and JetLite flights from Wednesday.

June 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Air travel on Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines has become costlier, with both carriers Wednesday increasing fuel surcharge on tickets by Rs.400 on all domestic sectors. Attributing the decision to an increase in aviation fuel prices, Jet said the fuel surcharge would be applicable on all Jet Airways, Jet Airways Konnect and JetLite flights from Wednesday.

April 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's flagship carrier Air India Monday said it has no 'immediate' plan to raise fares even as other airlines Kingfisher and Jet Airways have hiked fares on account of rising fuel costs. Ruling out any immediate fare hike, an Air India spokesperson told IANS: 'We have been No.3 for quite sometime.

February 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's anti-trust body as well as the aviation regulator Thursday questioned domestic airlines' decision to hike fares at a same time and warned them against 'cartelisation'. The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (MRTPC) Thursday ordered a probe on airlines for hiking fares.

February 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A day after Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel warned airline operators against 'cartelisation', the aviation regulator Thursday asked them to explain the reason for hiking fares and the measures that would be taken to maintain transparency in airfare advertising. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in a statement Thursday said: 'All domestic airlines had increased their airfares simultaneously in the second week of February.

February 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel Wednesday morning warned airline operators against 'cartelisation', the aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), asked them to explain their fare hikes. The move came a day after Indian carriers, including budget airlines, withdrew promotional fares and hiked the base tariff.

February 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bucking the trend of Indian carriers, including budget airlines, withdrawing promotional fares and hiking base tariff, low-cost carrier JetLite Wednesday introduced a promotional base fare of Re.1. The new base fare has been offered even on premier sectors like Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi- Hyderabad, and Mumbai-Chennai routes.

February 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Airlines including low-cost carriers have withdrawn all promotional fares and increased basic fares by around Rs.2,000 on several sectors from Tuesday. The decision was taken as operators were faced with low load factors, though basic promotional fares had been as low as Rs.99 on many routes, industry sources said.

February 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian carriers, including budget airlines, Tuesday decided to withdraw their promotional fares, which in some cases were as low as Rs.99 excluding taxes, and hiked their base tariff by up to Rs.2,000 per ticket on some sectors. The steepest hike of between Rs.1,800-Rs.2,000 per passenger was expected on the Mumbai-Delhi sector, airline industry sources said, adding it was difficult to quantify by how much the fares will be up on individual routes.

January 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Travel agents have stopped selling tickets of Singapore Airlines and threatened to extend the ban to other foreign airlines as well if they did not pay commission on tickets booked by them, an association representing them said Friday. 'We have stopped issuing tickets of Singapore Airlines.