Opposition members in the Lok Sabha have lashed out at private airlines for not passing on benefits of falling fuel prices to passengers while the ruling BJP members blamed the Congress-led UPA government for the financial problems faced by state-run Air India .
Bharatiya Janata Party's Jagdambika Pal also demanded that to do away with air traffic congestion over the Delhi airport especially at peak hours, a new airport should be built to cater to the national capital region, while some members called for a new aviation policy.Congress leader KC Venugopal said airlines have not passed on the benefits of fall in fuel prices to passengers and they were looting the passengers.Initiating the discussion on Demands for Grants for the ministries of civil aviation and tourism, he said the price of Aviation Turbine Fuel has come down resulting in huge benefits to airlines but at the same time common people and passengers continued to suffer.
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