The Supreme Court has raised concerns over the exorbitant rise in airfares during festivals. The Apex Court said it would interfere with the unpredictable fluctuations in airfares. Hearing a PIL, a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta termed the exorbitant rise of airfares by airlines as exploitation and asked the Centre and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to file their replies.

 

A PIL was filed to seek binding regulatory guidelines to control the unpredictable fluctuations in airfare and ancillary charges imposed by private airlines. The Supreme Court has listed the matter for further hearing on the 23rd of next month after Additional Solicitor General Anil Kaushik sought time to file a reply on behalf of the Centre.