Domestic flying to cost more as govt raises minimum fares by 5%

'There has been a continuous rise in the price of ATF so it has been decided to increase the lower fare band by 5 per cent keeping the upper fare band unchanged,' says civil aviation minister

The civil aviation ministry has decided to continue with the existing 80 per cent cap on capacity and increased the minimum air fares by five per cent in view of increase in aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices.

“Last few days have seen a decline in the number of air passengers largely due to restrictions and imposition of compulsory RT-PCR test by various states. Due to this we have decided to retain the permissible (capacity) limit to 80 per cent of the schedule,” civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri said in a tweet.

“There has been a continuous rise in the