Jet Airways, IndiGo, AirAsia India In Low-Fare War, Tickets From Rs 799
As the year draws to a close, IndiGo, Jet Airways, AirAsia India are among the airlines that have announced promotional schemes on advance bookings. India's biggest airline IndiGo has extended its sale, offering tickets as low as Rs 799. IndiGo's Rs 799 offer will be open till December 10 and is applicable on travel between December 20, 2014 and October 28, 2017.Â
According to IndiGo's website, the Rs 799 offer is applicable on Kochi-Thiruvananthapuram and Coimbatore-Chennai routes. Under the IndiGo's offer, Bengaluru-Mumbai tickets start from Rs 1683 and Delhi-Mumbai from Rs 1,998. IndiGo has not disclosed the number of seats on offer under the Rs 799 offer.Â
Jet Airways also has extended its "Global Sale" offer under which the full service airline is offering fares from Rs 899 on select domestic flights on economy class travel. Jet Airways offer is open till December 10 and travel should commence on or after January 5, 2017. Jet Airways said that limited seats are available on a first come, first serve basis.Â
Another budget carrier AirAsia India has also announced a promotional scheme with fares starting Rs 1,015. Booking for AirAsia India's Rs 1,015 is open till December 11 and it is for travel period between January 6 and May 25. AirAsia India's Rs 1,015 offer for example is applicable Hyderabad-Bengaluru route while fares on New Delhi-Bengaluru route start from Rs 2,515.Â
Low fares from airlines have spurred strong growth in domestic air travel. Passengers carried by domestic airlines during January to October this year has jumped 23 per cent to Rs 813.70 lakh. Aviation regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation has not yet announced the November air traffic figures.
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