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The high airlines fares have come down by 20-25 percent in comparison to last week’s fare as the pressure from the Ministry of Civil Aviation mounted on domestic airlines.

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As per report of the official sources, it was told that the mounting pressure by the Civil Aviation Ministry and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) against exorbitant airfares had been a success.

Last week, the lowest last minute Delhi –Mumbai fare which had climbed Rs17000 has been brought down to the range of  Rs5,000 to Rs20,000 on economy class ticket, while that on Delhi-Chennai and Delhi-Kolkata stood between Rs 5,000 and Rs 15,000, the officials said.

However, despite of the lowering of the fares by 20-25 percent the fares are high in comparison to the last year’s airline ticket fares. Sources have reported that the lowest available fares at the same time last year was about Rs 3, 000 for Delhi-Mumbai and Rs 4, 000 for the Delhi-Chennai and Delhi-Kolkata sectors.

The newly appointed head of DGCA E K Bharat Bhushan and his predecessor SNA Zaidi, Civil Aviation secretary, over the last two weeks held deliberations with the airline representative to bring down the fares. DGCA had a formal meeting with officials of the no-frill carriers IndiGo, Spicejet and GoAir, yesterday following a directive asking all carriers to explain the high fares they were charging. They are likely to meet the representative of full service carriers Air India, Jet Airways and Kingfisher.

The airlines had earlier proposed a price band for tickets based on distance with a maximum price of Rs 24,000-Rs 40,000 a ticket for distance more than 1,400 km.

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