Low fares for Delhi-Kanpur-Kolkata flight attracts passengers

Kanpur: The low fares had swiftly increased the number of passengers on the Delhi-Kanpur-Kolkata flight.
Though the Delhi-Kanpur-Kolkata flight is just 45 days old and was launched on May 24 at Chakeri Airport, the passenger rush is increasing with each passing day. The important fact being that the number of passengers for Delhi from Kanpur has been substantially contributing to the passenger strength on the Kolkata-Kanpur-Delhi flight and vice versa. The reason for this surge is the lowest air fare of Rs 1,585 between Kanpur and Delhi. The lowest fare for Kanpur-Kolkata stands to be around Rs 5,000.
The data provided by Air India authorities revealed that in last 10 days, around 268 passengers arrived from Delhi and 277 boarded flight No 9802 from Chakeri Airport for reaching Delhi. On Saturday, as many as 48 passengers arrived at Chakeri Airport from Delhi and 53 passengers left for the capital.
Same is the case with the Kanpur-Kolkata journey, where 850 people left for Kolkata from Chakeri Airport and 820 reached Kanpur from there since the launch of the Delhi-Kanpur-Kolkata flight. Also, in the past 45 days, around 2,152 passengers have travelled between Kanpur and New Delhi and vice versa.
09/07/11 Abhinav Malhotra/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Jul 2011