Air
travel in India to become costlier
Oil companies in India have increased the prices
of the aviation turbine fuel by around 4.2%.
This has resulted in a situation where most
airline companies would have to hike the prices
of air tickets.
Indian Oil, Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum
all announced on Monday that they are hiking
the price of ATF from Rs 38,163 per kilo liter
to Rs 39,768 per kilo liter in Delhi.
SpiceJet CEO Siddhanta Sharma had this to say
on this price hike: “We are not in a position
to absorb any more burden; hence, it will be
passed on. There will be a proportional increase
in the airfares effective from Wednesday. We
are still evaluating the impact of ATF price
increase on passenger fares.”
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