Saturday, September 20, 2014

High air fares to make festive flying cost a bomb

Lucknow: Planning to fly out of Lucknow during the festive season? Get ready to pay through your nose as private airlines jack-up air fares considering the rush for bookings by the month-end. The air fares, in fact, jump twofold from October 1, a day before Gandhi Jayanti and Dusshera on consecutive days.

Take the case of air travel to New Delhi by Indigo flight 6E-449. While on September 29, the fare for this flight happens to be Rs 1699, it jumps to Rs 2774 on September 30— which is the average fare for air travel to the national capital from Lucknow. But on October 1, the fare for the same flight shoots up to Rs 4821.
20/09/14 Times of India
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