February 25: As expectations of improved domestic air traffic are increasing ahead of the summer season, the government ‘might’ remove the fare bands beside lifting other travel restrictions. This information was laid by Civil Aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri. He talked about the same while replying to the queries during the meeting of his ministry’s consultative committee earlier on Thursday.
After this, an official statement on Friday quoted that domestic air traffic is increasing day by day and has now reached a count of 3 lakh passengers in a single day. The statement also said that Puri has also talked about several steps that the ministry has been taking during the Covid-19 pandemic in order to benefit the citizens, their travel along the aviation sector while explaining his take to the Members of Parliament.
Bestowing information about the UDAN scheme, the minister also mentioned that over 300 routes have been operationalised under the scheme making travel more convenient. The committee members discussed suggestions for the privatisation of airports, opening new airports, expanding existing airports among other aviation issues.
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Further, the statement added, “He informed about the fare bands introduced with a floor price and ceiling price. He further said that in the summer schedule, as domestic traffic would increase more, the fare bands and some other restrictions are likely to be done away with.”
