Seeing the Indigo crisis, Modi government launched a hunter on the airlines taking money unnecessarily, the order to charge fixed fare was strictly implemented; Ministry of Civil Aviation is doing real time monitoring, Ministry of Civil Aviation has applied cap on charging exorbitant fares by airlines during Indigo crisis

New Delhi. During the IndiGo crisis, the Modi government has launched a hunt against other airlines that were charging exorbitant fares from passengers. The Union Civil Aviation Ministry has strictly imposed a fare cap on all airlines. The Ministry has clearly told these airlines that they cannot charge arbitrary fares until the situation becomes normal. They will have to charge the passengers only the fixed fare for the flight. The Civil Aviation Ministry is doing real-time monitoring of airfares. After the government’s decision, air travelers are now expected to get a big relief.

When thousands of Indigo flights were canceled and passengers got stuck at airports, other airlines took advantage of the opportunity to charge arbitrary fares. Air India’s flight fare from Delhi to Kolkata had increased from Rs 70 thousand to more than Rs 100,000. Fares in other sectors had also skyrocketed. This created more problems for the stranded Indigo passengers. Earlier, airlines had been increasing fares during holidays or wedding seasons, but instead of providing relief to IndiGo passengers, they started warming their pockets. In such a situation, Modi government has had to use its rights.

#WATCH Bihar: Visuals from Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport in Patna as IndiGo passengers continue to be affected amid flight disruptions and cancellations. pic.twitter.com/Rt4XNOIfN2

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On the other hand, hundreds of Indigo flights were canceled on Saturday also. IndiGo has apologized to the passengers and said that the situation will become normal by February 10, but the big question is that when DGCA decided to have only 8 hours of duty for pilots, then why did IndiGo not make arrangements in advance. Not only this, despite the crisis on flights, Indigo did not stop selling tickets. Due to this, a huge crowd of passengers gathered at most of the airports of the country. Many passengers were going to join jobs, attend a wedding or get treatment for sick relatives. They faced a lot of trouble due to the cancellation of Indigo flight. Railways tried to handle the situation by installing 116 additional coaches in 37 trains, but even that did not reduce the problems of the passengers. The increased fares of other airlines became like an itch in leprosy.