Monday, January 23, 2017

Private airline’s return to Surat starts price war

After a long time, Surti fliers will be able to fly at the airfares existing at bigger airports like Ahmedabad and Mumbai.
A price war has started after SpiceJet announced launch of its daily flight services between Surat and Delhi from March 26.
According to tour and travel operators in the city, who are taking advance bookings for their customers, after SpiceJet's announcement, the lone operator at Surat airport, Air India has slashed its base airfare on Surat-Delhi sector below Rs 4,000 as the private airline is offering tickets for Rs 2,500.
The tour operators said Indigo, operating on Vadodara-Delhi sector, too slashed its one-way base airfare from Rs 2,900 to Rs 2,180 to attract the domestic travellers from Surat and nearby areas.
Sources said reduction in airfares is all set to provide an edge to Surat airport and that passengers will prefer travelling from Surat instead of Vadodara.
23/01/17 Melvyn Thomas/The Times Of India
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