Nagpur: Withdrawal of flights by crisis-ridden Jet Airways has affected Nagpur the most among all centres. With Jet’s flights to major cities like
Mumbai and Delhi cancelled, airfares of other airlines have touched the sky.
Airlines like Air India, Go Air and Indigo are the only domestic carriers operating from Nagpur these days, and operating flights to major centres like Mumbai and Delhi. Jet Airways now only flies from Nagpur to Allahabad and Indore. The route has been allotted to it under the regional connectivity scheme of the central government.
It began with Jet cancelling one flight each to Mumbai and Delhi in February, and by March all flights had been withdrawn.
A quick search on booking portals and the airlines’ own website shows that the rates have gone up by at least 50% compared to the usual levels, and even 200% in some cases. Spot fares to Mumbai are more than a one-way ticket from Nagpur to Sharjah for this weekend. A ticket to Mumbai for Monday costs anywhere between Rs12,000 to 17,000. This is more than double the rates expected for last minute booking in normal times.
As against this, a ticket to Sharjah for the weekend costs a little over Rs11,000 per head. Tickets for Delhi are cheaper comparatively, but still above the normal level. Air tickets to the national capital for Monday are in the range of Rs7,200 to 8,000 for the economy class. Tickets to Delhi for March 27 are in the range of Rs6,200 to 7,600. There is a little change in the fare for flights in the first week of April too.
25/03/19 Shishir Arya/Times of India
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Airlines like Air India, Go Air and Indigo are the only domestic carriers operating from Nagpur these days, and operating flights to major centres like Mumbai and Delhi. Jet Airways now only flies from Nagpur to Allahabad and Indore. The route has been allotted to it under the regional connectivity scheme of the central government.
It began with Jet cancelling one flight each to Mumbai and Delhi in February, and by March all flights had been withdrawn.
A quick search on booking portals and the airlines’ own website shows that the rates have gone up by at least 50% compared to the usual levels, and even 200% in some cases. Spot fares to Mumbai are more than a one-way ticket from Nagpur to Sharjah for this weekend. A ticket to Mumbai for Monday costs anywhere between Rs12,000 to 17,000. This is more than double the rates expected for last minute booking in normal times.
As against this, a ticket to Sharjah for the weekend costs a little over Rs11,000 per head. Tickets for Delhi are cheaper comparatively, but still above the normal level. Air tickets to the national capital for Monday are in the range of Rs7,200 to 8,000 for the economy class. Tickets to Delhi for March 27 are in the range of Rs6,200 to 7,600. There is a little change in the fare for flights in the first week of April too.
25/03/19 Shishir Arya/Times of India
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