KCCI expresses concern over airfare hike
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KCCI expresses concern over airfare hike

Post by on Sunday, May 22, 2022

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Srinagar, May 21: Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry, expressed concern over the steep hike in the airfares.
KCCI President said that Sheikh Ashiq Ahmad that they have received representations from various stakeholders regarding this issue.
“We failed to understand as there is no apparent reason to justify the abrupt arbitrary hike in the fares on this route when no such hike is at the same time being applied in case of other domestic destinations,” he said.
 The KCC&I, he said has for a long time repeatedly brought to the notice  and had given several suggestions to the Authorities in this regard and we hope that effective action would now be taken. 
“Hike in fares was not only a tourism issue but was a grave public interest issue. There is a large number of businessmen doing their business in different parts of the country, the students seeking education in different institutes of the country and the seriously ailing patients and their families who have to pay more for air travel than the cost of the medical treatment,” reads the statement.
KCC&I has already taken the issue to the Authorities regarding restoring Srinagar – Dubai direct international flight as well as Cargo services also. We hope that the matter will receive due consideration.