Air fares to Kochi sky rocket

Kochi: The festival season is witnessing an increase in the air fares as well as an acute shortage of seats in the flights to Kerala in the domestic sector.
Travel agents told TOI that many of the Keralites staying outside had been opting to travel by air instead of taking rail or road transport for reaching home for their Christmas holidays. Roy of Akbar Travels said that as per the data available on Tuesday evening, the ticket rate from Delhi to Cochin on Wednesday was Rs 29,300 for Air India and Rs 26,200 for low cost airlines like Go Air.
Delhi-Kochi airfares usually hover around Rs 6,000 to Rs 9,000 on normal days, but tickets are not available in most of the airlines now, he said.
Biju Eapen of Speed Wing Travels said ticket rates on direct flights from cities like Chennai and Bangalore had also gone up to exorbitant levels.
21/12/11 T Ramavarman/Times of India

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