{"id":10399,"date":"2018-05-10T11:53:34","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T06:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airwhizz.com\/?p=10399"},"modified":"2018-05-10T17:19:35","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T11:49:35","slug":"pil-filed-high-court-cap-airfares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.airwhizz.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/10\/pil-filed-high-court-cap-airfares\/","title":{"rendered":"PIL filed in High Court to Cap Airfares!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court has asked the Ministry Of Civil Aviation and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to look into the high airfares charged by Airlines in India.<\/p>\n<p>Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar have issued a notice to the ministry and DGCA, based on a Public Interest Litigation(PIL) asking airlines in India to cap airfares charged to the passengers.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the details of the Case \u2013<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consumer rights activist, Bejon K Misra, has alleged that authorities are acting as \u2018Silent Spectators\u2019 to the random or \u2018arbitrary\u2019 fixing of airfares by the airlines.<\/li>\n<li>He has claimed that airlines charge 10 times higher than the fixed price when there is a shortage of seats.<\/li>\n<li>To stop this practice he has asked the airlines to put a cap on the airfare.<\/li>\n<li>The court has asked authorities for a response before the next date of hearing on 8<sup>th <\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To support his case, Mr. Misra has given the example of a recent incident, where Indigo passengers had to book last minute tickets at High rates on other airlines, after several Indigo A320 Neo airplanes were grounded due to engine trouble.<\/p>\n<p>He has also said that it is necessary to put a cap on airfares to ensure greater transparency for the passengers and accountability on part of the airline. 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