Eliminating minimum prices in airline tickets and low cost may offer cheaper tickets – 07/02/2018

The Department of Transport has decided to eliminate the minimum price range applicable to airline tickets as of August 15, once the winter vacation period is over. With this decision, they give rise to a claim from the low-cost airlines, which are trying to sell some of their seats at the auction price and thus have all their flights in full occupancy.

The decision was advanced by the Minister of Finance. Transport, Guillermo Dietrich, who said that from August 15, cabotage companies will not have restrictions to charge below the current price range (until now, in exceptional conditions, they could only fall by 20%). it was about 900 pesos for a section Buenos Aires-Córdoba, for example.)

What for the moment there will be no market for the auctioned sieges At the last minute : Rates are for tickets issued with 30 days in advance, so this would not be valid for those who come to the airport counter to travel the day.

"The minimum reference rate will be removed for round-trip tickets purchased 30 days in advance on domestic flights, which will allow companies to offer cheaper tickets.In this way, those who previously could not access to fly because they do not have to. have not found accessible will be able to do this.But in addition, encourage purchase in advance and thus increase the occupation of the aircraft, "said the ministry, through a statement.

"For pbadengers, they will find more deals with better prices and promotions in season.and on low-occupancy flights.In 2015 in the country only 10 million people could fly by plane in the country because there were few airlines, some of the most expensive fares in the region and the world, with little flexibility to encourage promotions and deficient infrastructure.In this way, the l & # 39; The goal is to double the number of pbadengers flying inside the country thanks to the measures promoted as part of the Aeronautics Revolution ", added the portfolio in charge of Dietrich.