New Delhi, March 3 (IANS): The government said on Tuesday that the air fares remained well within the fare bucket uploaded by the airlines on their respective websites.
According to Minister of State (MoS) for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has set up a tariff monitoring unit to monitor air fares on certain routes which are selected on random basis.
"An analysis has shown that the air fares remained well within the fare bucket uploaded by the airlines on their respective websites," the minister said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.
"Air fares are not regulated by the government. Under the provision of aircraft rules 1937, airlines are free to fix reasonable tariff."
Sharma further told the Rajya Sabha that airlines remain compliant to the regulatory provision as long as the fare charged by them does not exceed the fare established and displayed on their website.