New Delhi, Dec. 7 -- With widespread flight disruptions pushing up ticket prices on several domestic routes, the Centre on Saturday capped airfares in the range of Rs7,500 to Rs18,000, depending on the distance, amid soaring air ticket prices due to the IndiGo flight disruptions.Invoking its regulatory powers to ensure fair and reasonable fares across all affected routes, the Ministry of Civil Aviation issued a fare-cap order and directed all airlines to adhere to it strictly.

As the IndiGo mess and chaos across the airports entered its fifth consecutive day on Saturday, leaving thousands of flyers high and dry, the ministry also directed the airline to complete the ticket refund process for the cancelled flights by Sunday evening, as we...