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Fares of certain airlines surged during the crisis, prompting the government to impose temporary caps.
India’s competition regulator, the CCI in December said it was proceeding against IndiGo to assess whether it had abused its market position. IndiGo has not commented on the case.
REQUEST IS FOR AVERAGE FARES DECEMBER 1-15
India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation, which oversees safety, has written to airlines asking for average fares on each route they operated on, for economy and premium economy seats, over the period December 1-15, according to a Reuters review of a January 1 government email to IndiGo, Air India, Air India Express, SpiceJet and Akasa.
The CCI and the civil aviation authority did not respond to Reuters queries on the private email. Akasa declined to comment, while other airlines did not respond.
A government source, asking not to be named because they were not authorised to speak publicly, said the details have been sought at the request of the CCI as they could help it to assess airfare patterns across airlines during the disruptions.
The government email also asked airlines to provide
India seeks fare data from airlines as part of IndiGo antitrust scrutiny
