Check intnl fares on airlines' websites, not search engines: DGCA
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In wake of complaints of phenomenally high fares on India-UK route, India's civil aviation regulator has suggested passengers travelling on international flights check fares from the airline's websites and not on online search engines.
Checking the complaints, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation found out anomalies in search engine results and airlines' websites.
In a tweet on Tuesday, the DGCA said: "Passengers travelling to international destinations are requested to check the fare preferably from the website of the concerned airline as the meta search engines at times do not reflect the actual point to point fare and do make combinations of multiple Airlines and end up with an exaggerated figure."
Recently, the DGCA asked airlines to disclose their airfares for the India-UK route.
The development came after a uproar among the air travellers over high airfares as India-UK flights restart on Sunday after a pause of around three and half months.
According to industry experts, the fares are likely to remain elevated as long as the weekly limit of 30 direct flights between India and UK continues.
International fares cannot be regulated as they are driven by demand and supply, sector stakeholders said, adding that the only way to rationalise the prices is to increase the number of flights between the two countries.
The UK government has moved India from the 'red' to the 'amber' list starting Sunday, August 8.
