Manila, June 2 -- Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Vince Dizon has ordered the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) to shut down and file criminal charges against online booking platform AirAsia Move for selling plane tickets of local carriers at excessive prices amid the transport crisis in Eastern Visayas.

In a press conference at the DOTr office in San Juan City on Monday, DOTr Secretary Vince Dizon said Leyte fourth district Rep. Richard Gomez and his wife, Ormoc Mayor Lucy Torres-Gomez, bought Philippine Airlines (PAL) tickets from Tacloban to Manila via AirAsia Move that cost them around PHP77,704 or almost PHP40,000 each.

He said Gomezes were charged around three times the price compared to booking directly on PAL's website...