New Delhi: 'Low-cost' carriers in India are no longer what they claim as they have been found charging fares higher than the full service airlines.
The low cost carriers (LCCs) were found to be charging 10 to 50 per cent more than their full service counterparts on some of the routes in the month of August, which usually is considered a lean period for the aviation sector, a study by aviation regulator DGCA said.
IndiGo, GoAir, SpiceJet and Jet Konnect are the low cost carriers while Air India and Jet Airways are full service carrier. Jet Konnect is the low cost arm of the Jet Airways.
The study was carried out in August by the aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation to which all airlines have to file their minimum and maximum fare they will charge on specific routes.
Low-cost airlines are usually no-frills and don't offer free meals or in-flight entertainment to passengers while full service carriers (FSC) do.
The LCC quoted more than full service airlines on routes namely Delhi-Goa, Delhi-Visakhapatnam, Mumbai-Bhuj, Delhi- Bhubaneshwar, Port Blair-Chennai, Jabalpur-Delhi and Visakhapatnam-Mumbai.
Read News In full 22/09/13 Indian Express
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