INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The move by DGCA comes amid rising competition among in the country's civil aviation marketAviation regulator DGCA or Directorate General
of Civil Aviation has requested airlines to augment the number of flights, news agency Press Trust of India (PTI) reported quoting officials
The officials said the airlines were asked to bring an "immediate" and "medium-term" plan on the number of flights as airfares continue to
rise, the agency reported.The move by DGCA comes amid rising competition among the airlines operating in the country's civil aviation
market."With the grounding of the 737 Max aircraft and the continuing cancellation of flights by Jet Airways, the airfares have been rising
Therefore, the DGCA has been meeting with the airlines continuously so that they augment the additional capacity, which would be over and
above the flights approved for the summer schedule," a senior government official was quoted as saying in the PTI report.For the last few
number of passengers carried by domestic airlines in the first two months of 2019 grew 7.42 per cent compared to the corresponding period a
year ago, according to data from the aviation regulator
That is significantly lower than an overall growth of 18.60 per cent registered in the number of passengers in 2018.Get the latest election
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