Probe charges of abrupt hike in airfares faced by MPs: Speaker to aviation minister
Hindustan TimesLok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday asked civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu to probe allegations of sudden fare hike when MPs try to book air tickets, saying similar complaints raised by several lawmakers are extremely “serious and worrying”. Probe charges of abrupt hike in airfares faced by MPs: Speaker to aviation minister Taking note of a query by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam lawmaker Dayanidhi Maran during the Question Hour on the alleged abrupt fare hike faced by MPs while booking a ticket, Birla said: “.the MP has raised a very serious issue… this matter is extremely serious and worrying and has been raised by many MPs. We will do whatever we can to make the air travel affordable…” Raising the issue in the Lower House, Maran alleged that whenever he tries to book a ticket on Air Vistara for the Chennai-Delhi route, the airline initially shows a price in the range of around ₹33,000 one way. Maran also claimed the matter doesn’t fall under the jurisdiction of DGCA since the civil aviation regulator is only concerned with flight cancellation or rescheduling.
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