The Centre today said it will request airlines to transfer the benefits of lower fuel prices to air travellers. Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapati Raju in reply to a question in Kochi said the Government will request the airlines to transfer the benefit as much as they can to the travelling public in view of falling aviation fuel prices. However, he said that the government will not dictate them on air ticket rates as this could lead to another type of problem. Aviation fuel prices have declined as international oil prices have slumped.<br/><br/>Mr Raju said the his Ministry had conducted an analysis on ticketing and it found that only 1.7 per cent of air<br/>tickets were higher priced in a whole year in the country.