The association, in a communication to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, also sought to know as to what action the regulator intends to take against the carriers on the issue.
"We strongly believe that the DGCA must put an end to this practice of offering ridiculously low fares which are non-existent and are not really available to the passenger," APAI President D Sidhakara Reddy said in his communication to DGCA Prabhat Kumar.
It may be mentioned here that the domestic carriers, led by cash-strapped budget airline SpiceJet have been rolling our one-after another limited period "special sale" offers since January this year to woo passengers.
"We have received several complaints that first the passengers do not get access to the airline's portal and if they are able to do so and look for the advertised (special) fare for a particular sector, it shows sold out, whereas most of the other types of fares are only available for bookings," Reddy alleged.
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The Association has also sought to know from the regulator whether the carriers do inform of the percentage of seats they offer under the special fare as they are supposed to file their fares with DGCA, indicating the quantum allocated under each type of fare offered by them under the bucket pricing method.
"If they are not then what action do you propose (to take) for not following the procedure?," Reddy questioned in his communication.