 bill no 291 of  2015 the  airlines (fare structure) bill, 2015 by shri mk raghavan, mp a billto provide for determining of fare structure of all airlines operating in the country and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1  this act may be called the airlines (fare structure) act, 2015determination of air fare by the central government(2) the central government shall, before determining the fare to be charged by any airline, take into account the following factors—| (   | i   | ) traffic of passengers on any route;              ||-----|-----|----------------------------------------------------|| (   | ii  | ) geographical location of the destination;        || 5   |     |                                                    || (   | iii | ) distance between starting place and destination; || (   | iv  | ) cost of fuel including air jet fuel; and         || (   | v   | ) facilities offered by an airline                |3 every airline operating in the country, either on domestic route or international route, shall not charge fare more than that determined under section 2airlines not to charge excess fare10suspension or cancellation of licence of airline4 (1) if any airline charges more fare than the fare determined by the central governmentor cancels any scheduled flight without adequate reason or does not provide the facilities for which the airline charges from the passengers, the licence of such airline shall, in the first instance, be suspended for one month immediately after hearing the view point of the airline:15provided that if the central government is satisfied that the provisions of this subsection were violated due to genuine difficulty faced by the airline, the central government may not suspend the licence or may remove the suspension(2) where any airline after suspension of licence under sub-section (1) violates the provision of that sub-section (1) again, the licence of such airline shall be cancelled by the central government:20provided that the central government shall before taking a decision on cancellation of licence of an airline shall give reasonable opportunity of being heard, to such airlinecompensation to passengers5 notwithstanding anything in section 4, an airline shall also make compensation to the passengers, if—| (                                            | i   | ) the scheduled flight is cancelled or delayed for more than two hours;            ||----------------------------------------------|-----|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 25                                           |     |                                                                                    || (                                            | ii  | ) it over charges; and                                                             || (                                            | iii | ) it does not provide the facilities it offered to the passengers at such rates as || may be determined by the central government |     |                                                                                    || power to                                     |     |                                                                                    || make rules                                  |     |                                                                                    || 6                                           | (   | 1                                                                                  || for carrying out the purposes of this act   |     |                                                                                    || 30                                           |     |                                                                                    || 35                                           |     |                                                                                    |(2) every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule statement of objects and reasonsairlines charge exorbitant rates scheduled flights are delayed or cancelled at the last minute causing great inconvenience to passengers nowadays, a large number of people are travelling by air airlines don't have any criteria to fix the fares during festive seasons and holiday season, the prices sky rocket and virtually there is no check on the fares charged by airlinesthe facilities that are offered are also withdrawn at the last moment government has no control over airlines there is no mechanism to protect the passengersthe bill, therefore, seeks to provide for determining of fare structure of all airlines operating in the countryhence this billnew delhi;mk raghavannovember 18, 2015 lok  sabha———— abillto provide for determining of fare structure of all airlines operating in the country and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri mk raghavan, mp)gmgipmrnd—3025ls(s3)—04-12-2015