'Reports have no proven basis': Centre on high Delhi-London fare
New Delhi, Aug 09: The Centre on Sunday that it has "thoroughly checked" the claims made about the exorbitant airfare being charged in Delhi-London route and found that the reports have no proven basis.
"There are media reports claiming India-UK one-way economy class fares have touched Rs. 4 lakhs. These reports have no proven basis. The veracity of Sh Sanjeev Gupta's claim has been thoroughly checked by @DGCAIndia," the ministry said.
There are media reports claiming India-UK one-way economy class fares have touched Rs. 4 lakhs. These reports have no proven basis. The veracity of Sh Sanjeev Gupta’s claim has been thoroughly checked by @DGCAIndia.
— MoCA_GoI (@MoCA_GoI) August 8, 2021
"The fares offered on the Delhi-London sector (Economy class) range from 1.03-1.21 lakhs for Indian carriers and 1.28-1.47 lakhs for UK carriers for travel during August 2021," it added in another tweet.
On Saturday, Sanjeev Gupta, Secretary, Inter-State Council Secretariat, Union Home Ministry, had complained on Twitter that an economy-class ticket on British Airways's Delhi-London flight for August 26 was priced Rs 3.95 lakh.
He
added
that
economy-class
ticket
on
Delhi-London
flights
of
Vistara
and
Air
India
for
August
26
was
also
priced
between
Rs
1.2
lakh
and
Rs
2.3
lakh
amid
the
college
admission
time
in
the
UK.
Gupta
said
he
has
"alerted"
Union
Civil
Aviation
Secretary
P
S
Kharola
about
this
matter.
A senior official of the Directorate General of Civl Aviation (DGCA) said on Sunday that the regulator has asked the airlines that operate India-UK flights currently to submit details about their fares.
While there have been lower and upper limits on all domestic airfares in India since May 25 last year, no such limits have been imposed on international airfares.