Lok Sabha Question No. 150 (STARRED), answered on 2021-07-29
Subject: High Airfare
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Vellalath Kochukrishnan Nair. Sreekandan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO: : 150 (To be answered on the July 2021) 29th

## HIGH AIRFARE

*150. SHRI VK SREEKANDAN

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government is aware of very high airfare charged by ;irlines for the flights in Gulf-Kerala sector operated under air bubble and if s0, the details thereof;
- (6) whether the Government has received any representation in this regard and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the action taken by the Government thereon?

ANSWER

Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia)

- (a) to (c) : A statement is laid o the Table of the House

## 'STATEMENT IN RESPECT OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO 150 REGARDING 'HIGH ARFARE' TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2021

(a) to (c) The Ministry of Civil Aviation has received ? representation dated 29.09.2020 from Shri P.K Kunhalikutty, the then Hon 'ble MP(LS) and a letter dated 30.10.2020 from the Government of Kerala regarding high airfare on the Kerala-Bahrain sector:

As on date there are severe restrictions on categories of passengers eligible to travel from India to the Gulf countries Iu addition the COVID situation has airfares On Gulf-Kerala routes under the air bubble are generally comparable withrthe  fares charged by the airlines in pre-Covid times (Summer 2019 schedule) Details of sector-wise average fares charged by foreign carriers and Indian carriers on the Gulf-Kerala sector are attached at Annexure

Fares in the air bubbles are dependent o market forces: With the repeal of the Air Corporations Act in March 1994, the tariff fixation has been of sub-rule (1) of rule 135 of the Aircraft Rules; 1937. Therefore, no action is called for on the of the Government in this regard. part

## Sector-wise average fares charged by foreign carriers on the Gulf Kerala sector

| Country   | Airline         | Origin    | Destination   | Average Fares   | Average Fares   |
|-----------|-----------------|-----------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| Country   | Airline         | Origin    | Destination   | S19 Schedule    | Air Bubble      |
| Oman      | Oman Air Salam  | Muscat    | Trivandrum    |                 | {10,200         |
| Oman      | Oman Air Salam  | Muscat    | Cochin        | {10,800         | 3 12,000        |
| Oman      |                 | Muscat    | Trivandrum    | NA              | 10,500          |
| Oman      | Air             | Muscat    | Kozhikode     | NA              |                 |
|           | Emirates        | Dubai     | Trivandrum    | {11,510         | {17,538         |
|           | Emirates        | Dubai     | Cochin        | {12,323         | 17,193          |
|           | Flydubai        | Dubai     | Trivandrum    | NA              | {16,272         |
|           | Flydubai        | Dubai     | Cochin        | 16,286          | {16,272         |
|           | Flydubai        | Dubai     | Kozhikode     | {16,286         | {16,272         |
|           | Etihad          | Abu Dhabi | Trivandrum    | {23,183         | 715,811         |
|           | Etihad          | Abu Dhabi | Cochin        | {25,565         | 3 15,306        |
|           | Etihad          | Abu Dhabi | Kozhikode     | 28,160          | {34,676         |
|           | Air Arabia      | Sharjah   | Trivandrum    | 711,000         | 11,000          |
|           | Air Arabia      | Sharjah   | Cochin        | {11,740         | 3 11,740        |
|           | Air Arabia      | Sharjah   | Kozhikode     | {13,740         |                 |
|           | Kuwait Airways  | Kuwait    | Trivandrum    | {24,600         | {25,175         |
|           | Kuwait Airways  | Kuwait    | Cochin        | *23,700         | 22,940          |
|           | Jazeera Airways | Kuwait    | Cochin        | 14,351          |                 |
|           | Qatar Airways   | Doha      | Trivandrum    | {51,579         | *67,673         |
|           | Qatar Airways   | Doha      | Cochin        |                 |                 |
|           | Qatar Airways   | Doha      | Kozhikode     |                 | {68,647         |
|           | Gulf Air        | Bahrain   | Trivandrum    |                 |                 |
|           | Gulf Air        | Bahrain   | Cochin        | {35,620         | *30,790         |
|           | Gulf Air        | Bahrain   | Kozhikode     | {35,680         |                 |

## ANNEXURE TO LS STARRED QUESTION NO.150

## Sector-wise average fares charged by Indian carriers on the Gulf Kerala sector

|                      | Destination   | Air India Express   | Air India Express        | Indigo_      | Indigo_                  |
|----------------------|---------------|---------------------|--------------------------|--------------|--------------------------|
| Origin               | Destination   | Schedule S19        | Average Fares Air Bubble | S19 Schedule | Average Fares Air Bubble |
| Muscat               | Trivandrum    |                     | 19,900                   | NA           | NA                       |
| Muscat               | Cochin        | {15,902             | 20,044                   | NA           | NA                       |
| Muscat               | Kozhikode     | {13,697             | {16,19                   | NA           | NA                       |
| Muscat               | Kannur        | 12,282              | {17,827                  | NA           | NA                       |
| Salalah              | Trivandrum    | 15,898              | {19,025                  | NA           | NA                       |
| Salalah              | Cochin        | {16,225             |                          | NA           | NA                       |
| Salalah              | Kozhikode     | {16,709             | {17,811                  | NA           | NA                       |
| Salalah              |               |                     | 3 17,897                 | NA           | NA                       |
| Dubai                | Trivandrum    |                     | 3 10,693                 | NA           |                          |
| Dubai                | Cochin        | 015,127             | {9,116                   | {11,377      | 6,170                    |
| Dubai                | Kozhikode     | {14,030             |                          | NA           | {14,807                  |
| Dubai                | Kannur        |                     |                          |              | 3,706                    |
|                      | Kozhikode     | *14,563             |                          |              | NA                       |
| Ras Al Khaimah Dhabi | Trivvandrum   |                     | 015,534                  | {11,092      |                          |
| Abu Abu Dhabi        | Cochin        | {15,074             | 814,013                  | 12,019       | {9,031                   |
| Abu Dhabi            | Kozhikode     | {14,106             | {14,022                  | 14,030       | {9,929                   |
| Abu Dhabi            | Kannur        |                     | {14,148                  | NA           | NA                       |
|                      | Trivandrum    | {14,356             | 710,058                  | NA           | 85,624                   |
| Sharjah Sharjah      | Cochin        | {15,159             | {9,593                   | {11,201      | {6,383                   |
| Sharjah              | Kozhikode     | {13,870             | {9,681                   | {12,106      | NA                       |
| Sharjah              | Kannur        |                     | 3 11,122                 | {17,101      | NA                       |
| Kuwait               | Trivandrum    | 3 14,864            | {15,688                  | {13,967      |                          |
| Kuwait               | Cochin        | {14,829             | 18,194                   | NA           | {15,796                  |
| Kuwait               | Kozhikode     |                     | 18,191                   | NA           | {6,713                   |
| Kuwait               | Kannur        | {14,804             |                          | {6,125       | 5,910                    |
| Doha                 | Trivandrum    | {15,162             | 11,858                   |              | 10,039                   |
| Doha                 | Cochin        | 15,162              | 10,838                   |              | 710,704                  |
| Doha                 | Kozhikode     | 14,249              | 12,185                   | 10,547       |                          |
| Doha                 | Kannur        | {15,386             | {12,062                  | {10,078 NA   | 11313                    |
| Bahrain              | Trivandrum    | {18,275             | {21,144                  |              | NA                       |
| Bahrain              | Cochin        | {18,285             | 3 21,168                 | NA           | NA                       |
| Bahrain              | Kozhikode     | {18,265             | 3 21,155                 | NA           | NA                       |
| Bahrain              | Kannur        | {18,314             |                          | NA           | NA                       |