This story is from November 21, 2015

Mizoram lawyers file PIL alleging high airfares

The Mizoram Bar Association (MBA) has filed a PIL at the Aizawl Bench of the Gauhati high court on Thursday alleging that airfares were much higher here than other sectors in the country.
Mizoram lawyers file PIL alleging high airfares
AIZWAL: The Mizoram Bar Association (MBA) has filed a PIL at the Aizawl Bench of the Gauhati high court on Thursday alleging that airfares were much higher here than other sectors in the country.
LH Lianhrima, president of the MBA, said the PIL was filed against the Government of India, ministry of corporate affairs, director general of civil aviation (DGCA), Airports Authority of India (AAI), government of Mizoram, principal consultant of Mizoram civil aviation wing, wing commander Lalzawma, and two airlines - Air India and Jet Airways - operating in the state.

Lianhrima said the two-judge division bench of the high court would hear the PIL on Monday. He added that airfares were much higher than other sectors, causing extreme financial burden to the people of Mizoram.
"For example, the air distance between Mizoram's Lengpui airport and Guwahati was shorter than the distance between Guwahati and Imphal. But the Lengpui-Guwahati airfare is much higher despite this," he added. The association said additional flights were never arranged by the airlines during festive seasons as is done in other parts of the country.
Earlier, the media has asked a number of questions regarding airfares to visiting civil aviation ministers and officials who always promised to take action. But nothing has been done so far. While the air distance between Aizawl and Kolkata is much shorter than Silchar (Assam) and Kolkata, the airfare is higher in the former sector.
"Most of the time, the airfare between Guwahati and Aizawl is much higher than Aizawl-Kolkata sector as the flight between Guwahati and Aizawl is operated only by Jet Airways, which could do almost everything due to monopoly," said a travel agent in Aizawl.
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