New cost structure could lower budget airlines’ ticket prices

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New cost structure could lower budget airlines’ ticket prices

By The Nation

 

Passengers of low-cost airlines might find their tickets getting even cheaper after a cost-structuring formula is revamped.

 

Currently the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) caps ticket prices at Bt13 per kilometre. This same cap is applied to full-service as well as budget carriers, despite the differences in their basic services.

 

Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said after a meeting of the Civil Aviation Board on Thursday that he had instructed the CAAT to bring fares into line with real operational costs.

 

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[elgordo38]

Thank Budda the bank came through with our loan. 

[natway09]

I think CAAT have much more important tasks than to waste time trying to tell private companies what they already know.

 

[realenglish1]

The government should not be telling the airlines how much they can charge It should be free market

 

But then not one ever said Free markets are alive and well in Thailand