GoAir is offering flight tickets at a starting all-inclusive price of Rs. 999, said the airline on microblogging website, Twitter. The fares under GoAir's offer are applicable on travel from December 19, 2018 to January 4, 2019. The booking period of the offer ends on December 4, 2018, according to the airline's official website - goair.in. The airline's scheme comes amid high competition in the country's civil aviation market where other airlines are also offering discounts on flight tickets to attract customers.
‘Tis the season for low fares!
Fly Smart with GoAir at fares starting Rs. 999 (All Inc).
Book now: https://t.co/N7HRGpyuoi pic.twitter.com/OQJf1cOoT2Earlier this year, GoAir started its overseas operations -- Phuket and Male -- nearly 13 years after it started domestic operations in November 2005.
Details of GoAir's offer
ORIGIN FARE Ex-Bagdogra Rs 999 Ex-Jammu Rs 1,199 Ex-Kolkata Rs 1,299 Ex-Bengaluru Rs 1,399 Ex-Chennai Rs 1,499 Ex-Guwahati Rs 1,499 Ex-Hyderabad Rs 1,499 Ex-Patna Rs 1,599 Ex-Pune Rs 1,599 Ex-Kochi Rs 1,799 Ex-Ahmedabad Rs 1,899 Under the scheme, the carrier is offering flights originating from Bagdogra at a starting fare of Rs. 999. For flights from Jammu and Kolkata, the fares start from Rs. 1,199 and Rs. 1,299 respectively, according to the airline's website. Tickets from Chennai and Guwahati start from Rs. 1,499, according to GoAir.
State-run carrier Air India has come up with a scheme under which it is offering flight tickets starting from Rs. 1,000. The flights will be operated on the the Bengaluru-Ahmedabad, Delhi-Coimbatore and Delhi-Goa routes.
Domestic airlines carried 1,027.93 lakh passengers in the first nine months of calendar year 2018, as against 849.94 lakh in the corresponding period a year ago, marking a growth of nearly 21 per cent, according to aviation regulator DGCA or Directorate General of Civil Aviation.
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