Pay more to fly abroad this summer

New Delhi: Planning a trip abroad this summer holiday? Be prepared to pay more for your flight tickets.
Over the last few days, many airlines have quietly hiked fares — from as low as three per cent to 50 per cent. Aviation and travel experts attribute the hike to demand-supply mismatch as well as the Icelandic volcanic eruptions, which disrupted air travel to Europe and North America for close to a week last month, costing the airline industry millions of dollars.
“Qatar Airways has hiked its Delhi-London-Delhi economy fare from Rs 12,000 to Rs 20,000 from May,” said Rajji Rai, president, Travel Agents Association of India. That’s a 40 per cent increase.
Passenger traffic increases by an average 25-30 per cent during the holiday season, said Bhavna Aggarwal, vice-president of travel portal Yatra.com. On certain routes, the increase is as much as 40 per cent.
06/05/10 Tushar Srivastava/Hindustan Times

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Categories: Foreign May 2010, Indian Aviation- In General May 2010