Srinagar, April 24 -- Responding to the rising airfares from Srinagar to major Indian cities-where ticket prices had skyrocketed to an astonishing Rs.65,000-the Ministry of Civil Aviation issued binding directives to airline operators, mandating them to reinstate fare normalcy, deploy additional flights, and facilitate the urgent repatriation of stranded tourists amid heightened panic and logistical bottlenecks.

Following this government intervention, ticket prices on the Srinagar-Delhi route have dropped significantly, now hovering around Rs.8,000-9,000.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), in its advisory, noted that in the aftermath of the Pahalgam carnage, there was an abrupt surge in outbound demand as tourists rushed ...