Domestic air travel set to become costlier, govt raises lower limit on fares by 13-16%

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Domestic air travel is set to become costlier as the Civil Aviation Ministry on Friday raised the lower limit on fares by 13 to 16 per cent, according to an official order.

The increase in airfares will come into effect from 1 June, it said. The upper limits on fares remain unchanged.

The government has raised the lower limits to help the airlines amid a devastating second wave of COVID-19, which has reduced air travel significantly.

India had imposed lower and upper limits on airfares based on flight duration when services were resumed on 25 May last year after a two-month lockdown.

On Friday, the official order said the lower limit for flights under 40 minutes of duration will be increased from Rs 2,300 to Rs 2,600 -- an increase of 13 per cent.

Similarly, flights with duration between 40 minutes and 60 minutes will have a lower limit of Rs 3,300 instead of Rs 2,900 now, the order said.

Domestic flights of duration between 60-90, 90-120, 120-150, 150-180 and 180-210 minutes will have lower limits of Rs 4,000, Rs 4,700, Rs 6,100, Rs 7,400 and Rs 8,700, respectively, from June 1 onwards, as per the order.

Currently, domestic flights of duration between 60-90, 90-120, 120-150, 150-180 and 180-210 minutes have lower limits of Rs 3,500, Rs 4,100, Rs 5,300, Rs 6,400 and Rs 7,600, respectively.

The official order said that the government has taken this decision keeping in mind the "prevailing situation of COVID-19" in the country.

The domestic air travel has drastically reduced in the country during the last couple of weeks because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 28 February, around 3.13 lakh domestic air passengers travelled in India. On 25 May, domestic flights operated in India with only 39,000 passengers approximately.



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