Airlines offering heavy discounts this monsoon

Pune: Monsoon may still be elusive, but the airline companies are raining goodies.
If quick to decide the destination, one can strike a deal which will save him 40 to 50 per cent of the regular air fare this July-September. A Mumbai-Goa-Mumbai trip, for instance, comes for an attractive Rs 2,600, just about Rs 900 more than the bus fare.
The no-frills airline Spicejet, for example, is offering a flight from Pune to Chennai for Rs 1,380, Pune-Delhi for Rs 1,730 and Pune-Bengaluru for just Rs 1,230! Similarly, GoAir is offering flights that would cost approximately Rs 1,350 and Jet Airways has a menu card of fares ranging from Rs 1,600 to Rs 2,100.
IndiGo, on the other hand, has a simple formula which says you pay Rs 1,300 if you are flying a distance of less than 750 km, Rs 1,600 for distances of 750-1000 km and Rs 1,900 for distances more than 1000 km. Interestingly all these fares are all-inclusive' (taxes included).
A spokesperson for Jet Airways told TOI, "These offers are designed to stimulate demand, given the current market environment. This in turn translates into market growth in the form of higher loads and revenues for airlines in the short to medium term."
According to him, the months of July, August and September traditionally are lean periods for airline companies. The time for which the bookings are kept open is kept short to prompt the market to take quick advantage of the offer, the spokesperson said, adding that the response to previous such offers have resulted in encouraging increase in loads.
12/06/09 Dileep Athavale/Times of India

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Jun 2009