High returns due to low rates of parking, housing and landing (PHL) charges coupled with growing demand is making it attractive for the airlines to add more flights to the region.
"We have added four flights per week to Leh from our original schedule of three flights per week, this summer season," a senior Air India official told IANS in New Delhi. "It is not only us, others are also set to increase their frequencies once the season sets in from mid-May," the official added.
Air India also flies in three charter services for the army from Jammu, Srinagar and New Delhi. Currently, only three scheduled passenger carriers - Jet Airways, Air India and GoAir - operate flights to the destination.
According to an airline official, the one way ticket price, which ranges between Rs.6,000 and Rs.10,000, can even reach Rs.20,000 per seat due to high demand.
A Boeing 737-700 or an Airbus A320 with a maximum passenger capacity, which ranges around 160-180 passengers, garners enough revenue to make the routes extremely profitable.
11/05/14 IANS/News Track India
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"We have added four flights per week to Leh from our original schedule of three flights per week, this summer season," a senior Air India official told IANS in New Delhi. "It is not only us, others are also set to increase their frequencies once the season sets in from mid-May," the official added.
Air India also flies in three charter services for the army from Jammu, Srinagar and New Delhi. Currently, only three scheduled passenger carriers - Jet Airways, Air India and GoAir - operate flights to the destination.
According to an airline official, the one way ticket price, which ranges between Rs.6,000 and Rs.10,000, can even reach Rs.20,000 per seat due to high demand.
A Boeing 737-700 or an Airbus A320 with a maximum passenger capacity, which ranges around 160-180 passengers, garners enough revenue to make the routes extremely profitable.
11/05/14 IANS/News Track India
