Flights within the country are set to become costlier as the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has decided to raise the lower limit on domestic airfares from 13% to 16%, which will come into effect from June 1. As per an order by MoCA on Friday, “Fare for domestic travel less than 40 minutes of duration will be hiked by Rs. 2,300 to Rs. 2,600, which is 13 per cent of the current fare.”
Flights with duration between 40 minutes to one hour will have fares at a lower limit of Rs. 3,300. Similarly, for flights of duration between 60-90 minutes airfare will be charged at Rs. 4,000, 90-120 minutes at Rs. 4,700, 150-180 minutes at Rs. 6,100 and 180-210 minutes will cost Rs. 7,400.
Currently, the airfare for flights in the above period is cheaper by Rs. 300 to Rs. 1,000. The domestic fare price limit will not include taxes and airport development fees (ADF), which will have to be paid by the passengers.