- Monday, February 24, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
INDIAN aviation regulator DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) has asked various airlines to provide details about the airfares they have been charging for flights operating between India and the UK, a senior official said on Sunday (8).
On Saturday (7), Sanjeev Gupta, secretary of the Inter-State Council Secretariat of India’s home ministry said on Twitter that an economy-class ticket on British Airways’ Delhi-London flight on August 26 was priced at Rs 3.95 lakh ($5,320). He also added that an economy-class ticket on Delhi-London flights on Vistara and Air India for the same day was priced between Rs 1.2 lakh ($1,508) and Rs 2.3 lakh ($3,097), respectively, at a time when the season of college admission in the UK is high.
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Fare of ₹ 3.95 lakh one way Delhi to London on Aug 26. No, it’s not 1st class. It’s economy on @British_Airways. @airindiain @airvistara etc. also 1.2 to 2.3 lakh. College admission time! See minimum fare on @GoogleTravel in August. Have alerted Secretary @MoCA_GoI. @JM_Scindia pic.twitter.com/uxFF8dgaLk
— Sanjeev Gupta (@sanjg2k1) August 7, 2021
Gupta said he has “alerted” Union civil aviation secretary PS Kharola over the matter.
On Sunday, a senior DGCA official said that the regulator has asked the carriers that operate flights between India and UK to submit details about their fares.
While domestic airfares in India have lower and upper limits since May 25, no such limits have been implemented on international airfares.
Vistara, which currently operates flights between Delhi and London and Mumbai and London, said on Sunday that pricing is always a function of supply and demand.
“There are only 15 flights a week allowed currently on the India – UK route for Indian carriers and when there is relaxation and more capacity allowed, it will automatically bring down prices,” it said.
Scheduled international passenger flights have remained suspended in India since March 23, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. A limited number of international passenger flights have been in operation since July 2020 under the air-bubble arrangements formed with 28 nations, including the UK.
