Question : JOINT VENTURE FLIGHT OF AIR INDIA AND INDIAN AIRLINES

(a) whether the Government are aware that Joint Venture flight of Air India and Indian Airlines from Calicut to Muscat, Dubai and Abudhabi is incurring heavy loss to airlines due to their unprincipled fare structure;

(b) whether the Government are aware that fare fixed for joint venture flight is much higher than that fixed by these airlines in their respective airlines for the same destination; and

(c) if so, the steps taken by the Government to rectify this unfair fare system?

THE MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION ( SHRI SYED SHAHNAWAZ HUSSAIN )

(a), (b) and (c): Information is being collected and will be laid on the table of the House.