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Officials said that all the airlines have been asked to bring an “immediate” medium-term plan to augment the additional capacity in the market
New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has asked all airlines to come up with individual medium-term plans by Wednesday with a view to enhance the availability of domestic flights to curb the rising airfares, government sources said. Airfares have traced a feverish rise over the span of the last few weeks due to a steep decline in the number of flights available due to the grounding of Boeing 737 Max 8 planes and three-fourths of Jet Airways’ 119-strong aircraft fleet.
“The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has been meeting with the airlines continuously so that they augment their ad,” a senior government official said.
