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Airlines are offering flash sales and discounted ticket prices during the traditionally lean monsoon season, despite rising oil prices and the falling rupee, hoping to attract more passengers and make as many advance bookings as possible to feed the capacity that has been added by them in the past couple of months.
The Ajay Singh-led no-frills carrier SpiceJet on Wednesday said it would offer tickets on domestic routes starting at ₹999 for bookings made between 4 July and 8 July for travel between July and October. Low-cost carrier AirAsia India is offering tickets for as low as ₹1,299 on key routes connecting key cities such as New Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Jaipur and Chennai. The airline is offerthe ing international travel to Kaula Lampur from cities such as Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Hyderabad at fares as low as ₹3,999 and to international destinations such as Bangkok, Phuket, Pattaya and Krabi at ₹4,299.
“As the demand has dropped during the lean monsoon season, airlines are incentivizing people to travel during the season by offering discounts,” said Sharat Dhall, chief operating officer (B2C) of travel portal Yatra.com.
“Despite the rise in fuel prices and fall in rupee (against the dollar), ticket prices this quarter are similar to same quarter of the previous year,” he said. This, he added, is because of the capacity additions made by airlines.
Indian airlines have added several new planes and leased aircraft to their fleet this year to take advantage of the growth the market has to offer. With about 170 planes in its fleet, market leader IndiGo is preparing to add another 400 or so aircraft, including A320s and ATRs, over the next seveneight years.
SpiceJet would add 107 B737-800s and 50 Bombardier Q400s during the 20182023 period. Budget carrier GoAir, which is yet to take off on overseas routes, would induct 119 A320 aircraft during 2018-2022, while AirAsia India would induct 60 planes in the next five years.
India’s largest airline by market share, IndiGo, last week offered fares as low as ₹1,200 for domestic bookings till the end of June.
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The Ajay Singh-led no-frills carrier SpiceJet on Wednesday said it would offer tickets on domestic routes starting at ₹999 for bookings made between 4 July and 8 July for travel between July and October. Low-cost carrier AirAsia India is offering tickets for as low as ₹1,299 on key routes connecting key cities such as New Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Jaipur and Chennai. The airline is offerthe ing international travel to Kaula Lampur from cities such as Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Hyderabad at fares as low as ₹3,999 and to international destinations such as Bangkok, Phuket, Pattaya and Krabi at ₹4,299.
“As the demand has dropped during the lean monsoon season, airlines are incentivizing people to travel during the season by offering discounts,” said Sharat Dhall, chief operating officer (B2C) of travel portal Yatra.com.
“Despite the rise in fuel prices and fall in rupee (against the dollar), ticket prices this quarter are similar to same quarter of the previous year,” he said. This, he added, is because of the capacity additions made by airlines.
Indian airlines have added several new planes and leased aircraft to their fleet this year to take advantage of the growth the market has to offer. With about 170 planes in its fleet, market leader IndiGo is preparing to add another 400 or so aircraft, including A320s and ATRs, over the next seveneight years.
SpiceJet would add 107 B737-800s and 50 Bombardier Q400s during the 20182023 period. Budget carrier GoAir, which is yet to take off on overseas routes, would induct 119 A320 aircraft during 2018-2022, while AirAsia India would induct 60 planes in the next five years.
India’s largest airline by market share, IndiGo, last week offered fares as low as ₹1,200 for domestic bookings till the end of June.
Source: Livemint.com
Book your Flights Ticket at Travel Agent Mall- Top Airline Ticket Consolidators in USA & Canada and get 20% to 70% off.
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