Rain dance in foreign skies

New Delhi: There are some great deals on international sectors that holiday makers can avail off this season. For instance, Jet Airways is offering a return airfare of Rs 16,400 (including taxes) on the Mumbai-Singapore sector.
Similarly, Singapore Airlines has a return fare of Rs 35,555 on India-Perth sector while the average fare for most airlines on this sector is around Rs 50,000.
Traditionally, monsoon is a lean season for airlines when they offer cheaper fares to stimulate demand. Though in last few months, airfares have headed north, monsoon might be a good time to pack your suitcases without hurting the pocket.
Besides cheaper fares, some airlines are offering freebies to attract travellers. Emirates is offering free hotel stay in Dubai to it’s first and business-class travellers. The offer is valid from July 1 to August 31.
While on one hand domestic airfares have lost their sheen for leisure travellers, on the other hand, international airlines are offering some great deals for travel in June, July and August.
“There will be international travel momentum. Gulf and Far East carriers will be rolling out many attractive offers for the travellers, as they don’t have to pay fuel taxes that Indian carriers have to.
The value proposition of international destinations might turn out to be better than that of long-haul domestic sectors in many a cases,” says Ram Badrinathan, senior analyst, PhocusWright, a travel market research company.
24/06/08 Vishakha Talreja/Economic Times

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Categories: Foreign Jun 2008, Indian Aviation- In General Jun 2008