New Delhi: India’s second largest carrier Jet Airways on Tuesday set the cat among the pigeons in the aviation industry by lowering fares considerably for an astounding 20 lakh seats in the economy class on booking from February 19 (Tuesday) till February 24 (Sunday) as part of a promotional fare.
This follows the recent promotional offer by SpiceJet on January 11 and could force other enter the fray. According to some travel agents, IndiGo is also offering 30 to 40 per cent discount on select flights.
The era of low fares, however, looks to be making a limited and sporadic comeback. “This special economy one-way fare offer will be available for travel on domestic sectors until the end of the year — December 31, 2013,” the airline said.
“The airline has introduced four different slabs for these one-way fares, based on the travel distance and the fares are inclusive of all taxes. Fares upto 750 km have been priced at Rs2,250, while fares for destinations from 750-1,000 km are priced at Rs2,850, similarly destinations for which the travel distance is a 1,000-1,400 kms are priced at Rs3,300 and above 1,400 kms tickets are priced at Rs3800. These fares are inclusive of all taxes,” Naresh Goyal-promoted Jet Airways said, unveiling its “bonanza”.
But the promotional fares offered by airlines could prove to be a headache for the government, which appears keen to ensure that airlines do not sell tickets below the cost of operation.
Airlines, however, appear to have offered discounts following a negative growth in air traffic witnessed in 2012 due to grounding of Kingfisher Airlines.
Meanwhile, Jet Airways said, “The one way fares from Mumbai to Ahmeda-bad, Mangalore, Hyderabad, Nagpur or Bhopal would be Rs2,250, and to Bengaluru, Raipur, Coimbatore or Jaipur it would be Rs2,850, to Chandigarh, Delhi, Bhubaneswar or Visakhapatnam it is Rs3,300 and to Kolkata Rs3,800.
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130220/news-businesstech/article/jet-airways-joins-spice-airfare-war
This follows the recent promotional offer by SpiceJet on January 11 and could force other enter the fray. According to some travel agents, IndiGo is also offering 30 to 40 per cent discount on select flights.
The era of low fares, however, looks to be making a limited and sporadic comeback. “This special economy one-way fare offer will be available for travel on domestic sectors until the end of the year — December 31, 2013,” the airline said.
“The airline has introduced four different slabs for these one-way fares, based on the travel distance and the fares are inclusive of all taxes. Fares upto 750 km have been priced at Rs2,250, while fares for destinations from 750-1,000 km are priced at Rs2,850, similarly destinations for which the travel distance is a 1,000-1,400 kms are priced at Rs3,300 and above 1,400 kms tickets are priced at Rs3800. These fares are inclusive of all taxes,” Naresh Goyal-promoted Jet Airways said, unveiling its “bonanza”.
But the promotional fares offered by airlines could prove to be a headache for the government, which appears keen to ensure that airlines do not sell tickets below the cost of operation.
Airlines, however, appear to have offered discounts following a negative growth in air traffic witnessed in 2012 due to grounding of Kingfisher Airlines.
Meanwhile, Jet Airways said, “The one way fares from Mumbai to Ahmeda-bad, Mangalore, Hyderabad, Nagpur or Bhopal would be Rs2,250, and to Bengaluru, Raipur, Coimbatore or Jaipur it would be Rs2,850, to Chandigarh, Delhi, Bhubaneswar or Visakhapatnam it is Rs3,300 and to Kolkata Rs3,800.
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130220/news-businesstech/article/jet-airways-joins-spice-airfare-war
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