Mumbai: The Tata Group-Singapore Airlines joint venture Vistara, which starts its inaugural flight on January 9, will face stiff competition from peers like state-owned Air India and Jet Airways as the duo have offered lower fares during the month to passengers who booked tickets till December 31.
Since maximum bookings are made 7-10 days before the date of the journey, Vistara’s offering of R7,500 for a one-way economy class ticket on the New Delhi-Mumbai sector — two of the three destinations that it will initially fly to — on January 9 is considerably higher than that of Air India and Jet Airways, which are offering the same for as low as R6,500 and R6,200, respectively.
“Jet and Air India are offering tickets at 20-40% lower price point than Vistara on January 9, the day the airline takes off, on the Delhi-Mumbai route. Due to the discounts offered by competitors, bookings at Vistara are currently slightly slower than its full-service peers,” said Sharath Dhall, president of online travel agency Yatra.com.
02/01/15 Rhik Kundu/Financial Express
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Since maximum bookings are made 7-10 days before the date of the journey, Vistara’s offering of R7,500 for a one-way economy class ticket on the New Delhi-Mumbai sector — two of the three destinations that it will initially fly to — on January 9 is considerably higher than that of Air India and Jet Airways, which are offering the same for as low as R6,500 and R6,200, respectively.
“Jet and Air India are offering tickets at 20-40% lower price point than Vistara on January 9, the day the airline takes off, on the Delhi-Mumbai route. Due to the discounts offered by competitors, bookings at Vistara are currently slightly slower than its full-service peers,” said Sharath Dhall, president of online travel agency Yatra.com.
02/01/15 Rhik Kundu/Financial Express
