Last-minute booking? Pay 10 times the usual air fare

Mumbai: Last-minute travellers are in for a rude shock as low-cost airlines are charging almost 10 times the usual fare.
“I had to shell out Rs34,000 on a JetLite Delhi-Mumbai flight on Monday evening,” said Jayant Jagtap, who is in the construction business. Usually, the air fare for this route is Rs3,500 on a low-cost airline.
Air tickets for Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Ahmedabad were anywhere between Rs21,000-Rs34,000 for one-way travel. Ironically, the fare on a Mumbai-London-Mumbai flight is Rs32,000.
“We have observed that air fares are the highest on low-cost carriers. For instance, a one-way ticket to Ahmedabad, an hour-long flight, on SpiceJet was Rs21000 on Tuesday,” said Rajesh Rateria, chairman, Travel Agents Association of India.
“A Mumbai-Bangalore ticket was Rs19,000 last week, while Delhi-Bangalore was Rs21,000. This is because people are returning from their Diwali holidays and a lot of business travel is happening,”Rateria explained.
17/11/10 Naveeta Singh/Daily News & Analysis

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Categories: Airports Nov 2010, Indian Aviation- In General Nov 2010