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  Noida international airport: Flight tickets could be cheaper than IGI airport in Delhi, here's why

  Uttar Pradesh | December 12, 2024 23:23 IST

  The flight tickets from Noida International Airport may be cheaper compared to Delhi's IGI airport -- this is primarily because fuel at Noida Airport will be available at a lower rate compared to Delhi Airport.

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  Big relief for air passengers as domestic flights see massive fare drop ahead of Diwali | Details

  Business | October 13, 2024 13:43 IST

  The report by travel portal ixigo gave Air passengers a reason to smile this Diwali season as it showed the average airfares on many domestic routes have dropped 20-25 per cent compared to the year-ago period.

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  Intention is to take air travel to the common man: Union Civil Aviation Minister

  India | June 13, 2024 16:28 IST

  The newly appointed Civil Aviation Minister, Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, outlined his priorities on Thursday, emphasizing the need to enhance the "ease of flying" experience. He expressed his commitment to making civil aviation more approachable and accessible to the common people of India.

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  Parliamentary panel suggests route-specific capping of airfares amid rising air ticket prices

  Business | February 09, 2024 11:08 IST

  Currently, airfares are neither established nor regulated by the government. The panel also reiterated its recommendation to exercise control over airfares being charged by the airlines.

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  'India will be 'Vishwaguru' to world on...': P Chidambaram's fresh jibe at govt on rising airfare

  India | June 19, 2023 7:06 IST

  The former finance minister P Chidambaram asserted in free markets, when demand increases, supply will increase, but in India's free market when demand increases, prices will increase.

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  Airfare between Delhi, Mumbai, Patna witnesses three-fold rise amid festive season; may spike more

  Business | October 19, 2022 13:42 IST

  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.

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  Govt withdraws airfare cap with effect from August 31

  Business | August 10, 2022 20:43 IST

  Govt withdraws airfare cap: The ministry said that after reviewing the current status of scheduled domestic operations viz-a-viz passenger demand for air travel in terms of the purpose specified in the initial order.

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  International airfares may get cheaper as India signs pact with 116 countries

  India | August 02, 2022 7:47 IST

  International airfares, if dropped, will benefit passengers in India. The travel industry has been urging the government for quite some time that foreign carriers be allowed to operate from cities other than metro airports.

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  DGCA holds meeting with airlines; to continue monitoring airfare movement on daily basis

  Business | April 16, 2019 17:18 IST

  As concerns persist on higher air ticket prices, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Tuesday held a meeting with representatives of airlines, the official said. Airlines were advised to continue to monitor at their level and provide information to the DGCA to keep fares low as far as possible, he noted.

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  Today airfare is less than that of an auto-rickshaw, says Jayant Sinha; here’s how minister calculated it

  Politics | September 04, 2018 10:39 IST

  However, this is not the first time he has made the statement. In February, this year, he offered the same logic while speaking at a management conference in Indore.

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  Travellers in for Diwali treat as air fares come down

  Business | October 12, 2017 20:47 IST

  Top routes like Delhi-Mumbai and Hyderabad-Delhi have seen a drop in fares by 38 per cent and 32 per cent respectively, stated the data shared by online travel portal Yatra.com.

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  GoAir launches special offer with fares starting from Rs. 999

  March 22, 2015 7:00 IST

  New Delhi: Budget passenger carrier GoAir on Saturday launched its special mid-year offer with one-way fares starting from Rs. 999 across the airline's network of 22 cities.According to the airline, the tickets under the offer

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  Air India cuts fares by up to 50%

  January 12, 2015 17:32 IST

  New Delhi: Air India has slashed air fares by as much as 50  per cent today, which now start at Rs 1,557 for tickets booked till January 18 – meant for travel dates starting from

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  2015: The year ahead in aviation

  January 08, 2015 18:03 IST

  New Delhi: 2014 was an eventful year for the aviation sector in the country, with two new airlines getting licences to fly, a fare war, the humiliating FAA downgrade of Indian aviation safety to Category-II,

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  Bureaucrats and dependents can now get medical treatment expenses abroad, air fare

  India | September 09, 2013 16:20 IST

  New Delhi:  Bureaucrats and their dependent family members can now get complex medical treatment abroad at state expense and also get their airfare reimbursed under government's new rules that comes at a time when it

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  Rupee impact: Jet Airways increases fares by steep 25%

  September 05, 2013 9:01 IST

  New Delhi: Jet Airways Wednesday raised fares by up to 25 percent with immediate effect due to a sharp increase in the air turbine fuel (ATF) price and a depreciating rupee."We have increased fares up

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  By October, fly by AirAsia India

  India | July 02, 2013 17:39 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 2 :  AirAsia top brass and Ratan Tata, their advisor, today met several ministers here in an effort to speed up clearances for their proposed low-cost airline venture, saying they aimed to

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  Air India to lower free baggage allowance from 20 kg to 15 kg

  India | May 06, 2013 21:17 IST

  New Delhi, May 6: Air India would lower the free baggage allowance from 20 to 15 kgs on the domestic sector and start charging a flat rate of about Rs 200-250 per kilo on excess

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  Haj pilgrimage air fare hiked up by Rs 4,000

  India | July 20, 2012 15:54 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 20: Around 1.25 lakh Haj pilgrims will be covered this year under the subsidy scheme of the government, which also decided to go for competitive bidding for airlines to negotiate fares.The pilgrims

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  Delhi-Mumbai Air Fare Touches Rs 35,000

  India | November 19, 2010 11:31 IST

  Passengers buying Delhi-Mumbai air tickets on date of travel or a day or two earlier had to shell out Rs 20,000-Rs35,000 for business class and Rs 16,000 to Rs 20,000 in economy case on full