The Turkish news outlet Hurriyet Daily News report that Turkish authorities have started to work to prevent airline companies from selling flight tickets at very high prices during national holidays or other special days, Minister of Transport Binali Yฤฑldฤฑrฤฑm said.
โWe have already started to work on the issue, as we did for land transportation tickets before. The General Directorate of Civil Aviation may bring a ceiling price for flight tickets,โ Yฤฑldฤฑrฤฑm said. He noted that intervening in the market should be a last resort move, and that the sector should find the middle way. โWe say โyesโ to competition, but โnoโ to robbing citizens,โ Yฤฑldฤฑrฤฑm said.
The government made a radical change in civil aviation in 2003, allowing competition in domestic flights and removing the barriers that inhibited private airline companies from entering into the market. โAirline companies however may try to earn much more money during national holidays. Our citizens of course should buy their tickets weeks ahead; thatโs true, but we do not have such a habit, unfortunately,โ he said.