Air-fares peak on the lone Delhi-Shimla flight

Shimla: With there being just one flight to Shimla, those heading for cooler climes in peak summer time are having to pay a premium three times over for the same air ticket what it would normally cost in the winters.
Deepak Sood, of Ambassador Travels disclosed that for an incoming flight on Saturday from Delhi, the air-ticket cost was as much as Rs 12,739/ and the outgoing flight on a Monday morning was Rs 12,489/-
The lowest seat fare over the next ten days on the Delhi-Shimla flight was available at Rs 5087/- for 26th May where as the lowest outgoing tickets was Rs 10,925/- for 20th May.
Kingfisher is the lone airline operator that is maintaining a regular a 48 seater daily flight for the hill station.
Despite the high ticket prices, there was no seat available Delhi Shimla flight for the next two days, whereas a full cost Shimla-Delhi seat was available for Monday.
16/05/10 Ravinder Makhaik/My Himachal

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Categories: Airports May 2010, Kingfisher May 2010