The Minister of Roads and Urban Development announces the creation of a government system for the online sale of plane tickets in order to organize this market. The activists of this field do not consider the main problem of the increase in the price of plane tickets in its online sale, but the small number of flights and the command rate as the main problem. they do. On the other hand, they believe that this action will not only organize the market, but also create a new monopoly in the market.
According to Iran digital economy annotation, the CEO of Safar Market, Mehdi Najafi, believes that the officials themselves know that the problem is not the system, but the wear and tear of the transportation lines. Our air, rail and road transport lines are worn out and have not been invested in over the past years, and despite the lack of aircraft in the airlines, price increases during peak periods are normal. Now it seems that considering the approaching of the last days of the year and the possibility of increasing the number of trips and the lack of plane tickets, the decision makers have tried to clear the face of the problem with such positions.
The CEO of Qasedak 24, Mohammad Movahed, also says: this government’s decision to create an online system for the purpose of selling plane tickets is like creating a system for the supply of food with the aim of controlling prices, while the problem is the increase in the price of plane tickets. It is not the fault of the online platforms, but the lack of supply in this field is the main reason for the price increase.
During the past years, the authorities in different eras considered the platforms as the main reason for the price increase in different eras, therefore, with different policies, such as removing prices from the platforms or limiting them in pricing, they have tried to bring the prices back to the original price, but This policy has failed in all periods.
Airline tickets and their supply through online air ticket sales platforms also have the same fate. At the beginning of this year, the Association of Airline Companies sent its proposed price list to all airlines with the agreement of the airlines. At that time, an almost 50% increase in plane ticket prices was predicted, but this pricing was opposed by the Civil Aviation Organization, and finally, this price increase led to the blocking of a number of plane ticket sales sites.
The head of the aviation organization at that time announced in an interview that the pricing of plane tickets should be based on the approval of the market regulation headquarters, and finally he canceled the price list of the airline association and communicated his own price list to the airlines.
This decision led to limiting the sale of tickets on the online platforms of air ticket supply, and practically the tickets are either sold through the airlines at their own rates or the airline agencies offer them offline.
Finally, the Court of Administrative Justice announced that the pricing of plane tickets should be done through the market and the government has no responsibility in this pricing, although the aviation organization did not pay attention to this decision of the court, now the Minister of Roads and Urban Development announces that in order to control the price of flights, especially domestic flights It was decided to create a system to sell tickets at an approved price.
The Minister of Roads and Urban Development announced in his interview with Sed and Sima: “Previously, most of the tickets were offered by travel agencies and airline websites, but after some time, with the introduction of virtual methods, this method changed and the authority of the second method It became more than agencies.”
In his opinion, “ticket prices are not approved for foreign flights, and airlines have more freedom of action for foreign flight ticket prices so that they can manage their prices according to supply and demand; But in domestic flights, the approved price must be observed.”
Therefore, this ministry has decided to unveil a system in the next few days through the Civil Aviation Organization, which will solve a large part of the issues related to the sale of plane tickets.
Mehdi Najafi, the CEO of Safar Market, says about the creation of a system by the government to sell plane tickets online: reducing the problem to the system is giving the wrong address to the main problem. Meanwhile, the creation of the system will create a new rent and monopoly and will create nothing but chaos in the market.
According to international indicators, we need 5 to 7 times the number of airplanes in the country. Currently, there are approximately 100 airplanes flying in the country, and according to the population and size of the country, this number should reach at least 500 airplanes. Now there is a question, how do they want to compensate for the lack of 4 times the number of airplanes with this system?
He states that the purpose of creating this system by the government men is to prevent speculation. Najafi says: It has been announced many times that a number of brokers are speculating in the plane ticket market and buying tickets and selling them at a higher price, now they want to prevent speculation or lack of supply in the market by creating this new system and new monopoly. It is not possible and it will only be a new monopoly and it is not a positive thing.
He gives an example of privatization by pointing out that everything is stripped of its original meaning. The CEO of Safar Market says: What kind of privatization is this that the fleet is not for itself, the pricing is not in its hands, the government controls it from the top to the bottom. According to the sixth plan and the decision of the Administrative Court of Justice, the market regulation headquarters or the government cannot enter the field of air ticket pricing, but unfortunately, what is not important is the law.
The CEO of Qasedak 24, Mohammad Movahed, also says: the problem of increasing the price of plane tickets is not the websites. According to him, the flight is sold on the black market because the rate is command. On the one hand, due to the low number of flights, demand is more than supply most of the time; However, according to him, the same current capacity is not fully used because the rate is mandated and airlines prefer to sell their tickets through other means.
No Comment! Be the first one.