Fly to Singapore for Less Than a Trip to Kolkata

Bangalore: Considering an overseas vacation but put off by high airfares? Here's your chance. Flying abroad from Bangalore just got cheaper than flying within India.
A return ticket to Singapore on international low-cost carrier Tiger Airways, inclusive of taxes, is just about Rs 11,000. Compare this with return fares of Rs 10,848 to New Delhi and Rs 10,770 to Kolkata on domestic budget carriers. Last year this time, the cheapest ticket to Singapore was in the range of Rs 27,000.
That's how much the city's air travel market has opened up. Low- cost airlines like Tiger Airways and Air Arabia are stimulating international travel out of the city by creating newer market segments . These airlines came in with the opening of the Bengaluru International Airport. Tiger Airways is the low-cost arm of Singapore Airlines. However, it is positioned as a separate brand.
International budget carriers are doing what Capt G R Gopinath did with the erstwhile Air Deccan brand - giving a chance to painters, carpenters, and autorickshaw drivers to experience flying.
16/09/08 Anshul Dhamija/Times of India/RedOrbit, USA

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Categories: Foreign Sep 2008