The panel also asks civil aviation ministry to devise a formula to regulate 'excessive surge' in air fares & says it's crucial to scrutinise audited financial data of airlines regularly.
Civil aviation minister also said that airlines must proactively monitor their fares rather than wait for govt to step in. He attributed surge to seasonal demand, capacity squeeze.
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism & Culture, headed by a YSRCP MP, said balance must be maintained between commercial interests of pvt airlines & passengers' interests.
Conflict has come as a dampener for those who were ready with packed bags after Covid restrictions eased; most are now looking for alternate modes of travel.
I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.
Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.
President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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