Kochi: Onam and Bakrid are just around the corner. And so are the days when flight tickets cost a bomb. With Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's intervention to reduce surge pricing not eliciting any surety from either the airline companies or the Union Civil Aviation Ministry officials, this festival season is set to be a costly affair for the Malayali diaspora waiting to return home.
As major airlines refuse to come forward to conduct additional services during the peak season, airfares will be ruling high this time too, industry experts say.
Given the epicurean Malayali mindset in general once back in Kerala, awaiting them will be a spending spree - from purchasing luxury items to enjoying delectable food and drinks to buying textiles. That after having tried not to let a single penny go out of their pockets unnecessarily while sweating away in the deserts of West Asia.
This time, the Chief Minister had promised thousands of Malayalees toiling in West Asia they can reach home at an affordable price in the wake of a meeting called by the CM in Thiruvananthapuram. While he mooted reducing the surge pricing during the festival season, the Union Civil Aviation secretary then responded affirmatively.
08/08/17 Dinesh Kallungal/Indian Express
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As major airlines refuse to come forward to conduct additional services during the peak season, airfares will be ruling high this time too, industry experts say.
Given the epicurean Malayali mindset in general once back in Kerala, awaiting them will be a spending spree - from purchasing luxury items to enjoying delectable food and drinks to buying textiles. That after having tried not to let a single penny go out of their pockets unnecessarily while sweating away in the deserts of West Asia.
This time, the Chief Minister had promised thousands of Malayalees toiling in West Asia they can reach home at an affordable price in the wake of a meeting called by the CM in Thiruvananthapuram. While he mooted reducing the surge pricing during the festival season, the Union Civil Aviation secretary then responded affirmatively.
08/08/17 Dinesh Kallungal/Indian Express
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