Airfares to Goa during Christmas already up

New Delhi: If you are planning to fly to Goa this Christmas, you may be in for an expensive surprise even if you book tickets now as air-fares to the holiday destination has already sky-rocketed.
The minimum fare from Delhi to Goa for December 24, the day that practically marks the beginning of the Christmas and New Year Celebrations, has already touched Rs 8,715.
The maximum goes up to Rs 19,400. The minimum from Mumbai is Rs 3,228, while the maximum can go up to Rs 23,910. The fares are inclusive of taxes. Considering minimum ticket price to the coastal state ranges only between Rs 4,400 and Rs 4,500 from Delhi for different airlines anytime in November, air travel would be at least twice as expensive during the festival time in December.
“Basically tickets are priced based on demand. Trend for the last many years suggests that a lot of people would fly to Goa. Even the hotels rates are high during that time” Spicejet Chief Commercial Officer Samyukta Sridharan said.
That may be the reason why tickets from low cost carriers are not coming cheap either. Interestingly, the budget airlines tickets are higher than full-service carriers in most cases. For Instance, the minimum fare ex-Delhi on SpiceJet on December 24 is R s 10,724, going up to Rs 13,824 while the Indigo ticket would cost Rs 12,024 as compared with Rs 8,715 on Kingfisher and Rs 9,724 on Jet Airways.
13/10/08 Business Line

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Categories: Airports Oct 2008, Indian Aviation- In General Oct 2008