Ahmedabad-London airfare Rs24k, for Delhi Rs24k

Ahmedabad: It was a rude shock that awaited Amdavadis returning home after spending Diwali holidays in the north. They had to pay nearly the same fare to fly from Delhi to Ahmedabad as they would have paid for flying to London!
Though the vacation rush has now eased somewhat, airfares continue to tilt northward. Even on Tuesday evening, one-way fare to Delhi was in the unusually high range of Rs15,000 to Rs20,000.
Gaurang Dave, a city-based businessman, returned to Ahmedabad from Hyderabad a couple of days back. When his original flight was cancelled at the last moment in Hyderabad, he decided to buy a ticket from another airline which charged him a whopping Rs28,000 for a ticket to Ahmedabad.
In a similar manner, the chief executive officer (CEO) of a leading publishing house in the city had to pay on Tuesday Rs24,000 for round tickets to Delhi and that, too, with a stoppage in Jaipur. In normal days, the airfare doesn't cross Rs9,000 to Rs10,000.
Even for October 29 flights, Spice Jet was offering on Tuesday, one-way tickets between New Delhi and Ahmedabad for Rs20,435. Strangely, the Kingfisher Airlines' Mumbai-London ticket was available for a little less -- just Rs20,333.
28/10/09 Daily News & Analysis

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Categories: Foreign Oct 2009, Indian Aviation- In General Oct 2009