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Air travel to become expensive as domestic fares hiked by 5 percent

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Air travel to become expensive as domestic fares hiked by 5 percent
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Domestic flights fare in India: Air travel in India will become costlier as the central government has given another big blow to the general public who are already facing high inflation. The Centre has increased the fares of domestic flights in India by 5 percent, informed Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri through his Twitter handle.
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Also Read | Time for India and Pakistan to bury the past: Pak Army chief Gen Bajwa Domestic flights fare in India: Air travel in India will become costlier as the government has given another big blow to the general public. In view of the continuous increase in the price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF), the fares of domestic flights in India have been increased by 5 percent. Thus, Air travel in India can be a bit expensive. Even as Puri said that there has been no change in the upper fare band. "Last few days have seen a decline in the number of air passengers largely due to restrictions and imposition of compulsory RT-PCR test by various states. Due to this, we have decided to retain the permissible limit to 80 percent of the schedule," said Hardeep Singh Puri.
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Also Read | Indian Railways announces fare hike 'to prevent crowding during Covid-19' Domestic flights fare in India: Air travel in India will become costlier as the government has given another big blow to the general public. Adding, he said that "there has been a continuous rise in the price of ATF so it has been decided to increase the lower fare band by 5 percent keeping the upper fare band unchanged. We may open the sector for 100 percent operations when daily passenger traffic crosses 3.5 lakhs on 3 occasions in a month." Domestic flights fare in India: Air travel in India will become costlier as the government has given another big blow to the general public. Earlier, the government had increased the minimum fares of the airlines by 10 percent while the maximum fares by 30 percent. Announcing the resumption of scheduled domestic flights in May 2020, the domestic aircraft were divided into 7 levels. Under this, the flight fare was fixed as per the 40 minutes, 40–60 minutes, 60–90 minutes, 90–120 minutes, 120–150 minutes, 150–180 minutes, and 180–210 minutes. Click here to follow PTC News on Twitter. -PTC News-
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