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Image used for representation only (Getty images) HIGHLIGHTS Lower limit for flights under 40 minutes of duration will be increased from Rs 2,300 to Rs 2,600. Flights with duration between 40 minutes and 60 minutes will have a lower limit of Rs 3,300 instead of Rs 2,900 now. The increase in airfares will come into effect from June 1. Domestic air travel is set to become costlier as the Civil Aviation Ministry on Friday raised the lower limit on fares by 13 to 16 per cent, according to an official order. The increase in airfares will come into effect from June 1, it said. The upper limits on fares remain unchanged. ....
Shares of aviation firms InterGlobe Aviation and SpiceJet took off at the bourses on Friday, cheering the government s decision to increase the upper and lower cap on airfare by up to 30 per cent. In the intra-day trade, IndiGo shares jumped up to 4.7 per cent on the BSE to hit an intra-day high of Rs 1,704 apiece while those of SpiceJet soared 7 per cent to a high of Rs 94 per share. On Thursday, Ministry of Civil Aviation revised fare price band on flights with 90 to 120 minutes of duration to Rs 3,900, up from Rs 3,500 earlier. The cap on maximum chargeable fare has been raised to Rs 13,000 from Rs 10,000. ....