<p> Complaints about airlines jacking fares during rush season once again figured in the Rajya Sabha with MPs cutting across party lines demanding setting up of a price-regulatory system. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The issue was raised by CPM leader K N Balagopal during the Zero Hour, who pointed out that airlines were charging exorbitant prices and referred to airfare between Kozhikode in Kerala and Gulf countries.<br /><br />“The airlines have increased the airfares three times for tickets during summer vacation. A number of people working in India are planning to come on vacation,” he said.<br /><br />Balagopal also referred to the difference in fare between flights to Damam from Kozhikode and Kochi. “From Kozhikode to Gulf countries, the airfare is three times as compared to the other airports in the same state. For going to Dammam from Kozhikode, the airfare is Rs 27,900 while, at the same time, from Cochin, it is Rs 12,000,” he said. <br /><br />He said the foreign airlines were ruling the aviation market and they were “looting actually”. Deputy Chairman P J Kurien asked for government’s response on the matter and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said he would convey it to the minister concerned.<br /><br />The issue was raised again as there was time left in the Zero Hour after all the mentions were taken up.<br /><br /> “Why there is no regulatory ricing system?” asked Samajwadi Party MP Neeraj Shehkar. <br /></p>
<p> Complaints about airlines jacking fares during rush season once again figured in the Rajya Sabha with MPs cutting across party lines demanding setting up of a price-regulatory system. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The issue was raised by CPM leader K N Balagopal during the Zero Hour, who pointed out that airlines were charging exorbitant prices and referred to airfare between Kozhikode in Kerala and Gulf countries.<br /><br />“The airlines have increased the airfares three times for tickets during summer vacation. A number of people working in India are planning to come on vacation,” he said.<br /><br />Balagopal also referred to the difference in fare between flights to Damam from Kozhikode and Kochi. “From Kozhikode to Gulf countries, the airfare is three times as compared to the other airports in the same state. For going to Dammam from Kozhikode, the airfare is Rs 27,900 while, at the same time, from Cochin, it is Rs 12,000,” he said. <br /><br />He said the foreign airlines were ruling the aviation market and they were “looting actually”. Deputy Chairman P J Kurien asked for government’s response on the matter and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said he would convey it to the minister concerned.<br /><br />The issue was raised again as there was time left in the Zero Hour after all the mentions were taken up.<br /><br /> “Why there is no regulatory ricing system?” asked Samajwadi Party MP Neeraj Shehkar. <br /></p>
