Speaking on the occasion of 100 years of Indian Aviation here on Monday, Aviation Minister Mr. Praful Patel said that though Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) impacts the cost of flying, the government would interfere if companies charged extraordinary prices for air tickets. Patel has clearly stated that if the fuel price rises, then the airfare would also rise but the government would not allow exorbitant fares to be charged at any cost by airlines company.
"As far as ATF price is concerned, it directly depends on the fuel price. If the fuel price rises, the airfare would also rise. Therefore, we would only interfere when the aviation companies would demand excessive price on air tickets. Today aviation is quite a big sector in our country and it is because in past few years many airlines have come up with economical airfares due to which numbers of air travel have increased," he added.
He further said that soon India would have a National Aviation Museum to commemorate the 100th year of the first domestic flight that took off in 1911. He said the proposed museum, which would be one of the largest aviation museum in the world would be built at Safdarjung airport in New Delhi and work on it would start later this year.
» Read Complete News.....(You need to login first to read complete news). New User? Register for FREE!
» Back to Travel News