Airlines slash fares

Mumbai: It’s bonanza time for travellers this week. After Jet Airways slashed fares by 50 per cent on Sunday, other airlines have started cutting fares by almost 20-30 per cent.
Low-cost carrier GoAir on Monday dropped fares to match Jet fares, according to Mr Keyur Joshi, COO and co-founder of MakeMyTrip, a travel portal.
According to travel agents, on the Mumbai-Delhi route, GoAir normally charges Rs 2,400 (one way). The fare was cut to Rs 2,061 for travel during this week.
One-way tickets on trunk routes such as Mumbai-Chennai and Mumbai-Bangalore were available in the range of Rs 1,900-2,100. Lean-hour travel, in the afternoons, was even cheaper at around Rs 1,800. On MakeMyTrip.com, the Mumbai-Delhi GoAir flight at 12:40 p.m. costs only Rs 1,854.
According to fares on cleartrip.com, a ticket on the Mumbai-Bangalore Air India flight at 9:10 a.m. was available for Rs 2,073. However, the Air India spokesperson denied any kind of price reduction by the airline.
14/09/09 Varada Bhat/BusinessLine

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Sep 2009