If you like to take air fare then this news is special for you. Yes… Now you have to loose more pockets for travel. In fact, the Civil Aviation Ministry has given relief to the airline and has allowed up to 80 per cent utilization of capacity. Not only this, it has also been decided to increase the fare.
Discuss here that after the lockdown, when the decision was taken to start air service, the fare for different routes was fixed at that time. Now when the cases of corona infection are coming, it has been decided to increase the minimum air fare by 10 percent and maximum fare by 30 percent. This rule will remain in force till 31 March 2021.
Decision to increase fares:
If you remember, when the domestic air service was started in the past, then the work was done to divide the route of the entire country into 7 categories based on the time taken in the journey. A decision was taken on the minimum and maximum fare rate for each category and it was fixed. Now the aviation ministry has said to increase its minimum fare by 10 percent and maximum fare by 30 percent.
Old rule:
Talking about the old rule, in this, the minimum fare on the Delhi-Mumbai route was fixed at 3500 rupees and the maximum fare of 10 thousand rupees, which has now been increased to 3900 rupees and 13000 rupees. This fare is for economy class. The special thing here is that it does not include users development fees, passenger security fees and GST.
Permission for domestic air service in May 2020:
Let us tell you that in May 2020, the aviation ministry worked to allow domestic air service. At the same time, the entire route was divided into seven categories. At present, all airlines were asked to sell 20 per cent of seats at an average fare (minimum and maximum average).
Learn these special things in order
First of all, it is about 40 minutes of air travel. Now its price band has been reduced to Rs 2200-7800.
The second category is 40-60 minutes, for which the price band has now been reduced to Rs 2800-9800.
The third category is 60-90 minutes, for which the price band has now been reduced to Rs 3300-11700.
Fourth cycle is 90-120 minutes for which the price band has been reduced to Rs 3900-13000.
Five fifth category is 120-150 minutes, for which the price band has been reduced to Rs 5000-16900.
Sixth category is 150-180 minutes, for which the price band has been reduced from 6100 to 20400.
Eighteenth category is 180-210 minutes for which the price band has been reduced to Rs 7200-24200.
