NEW DELHI: India's second
largest carrier Jet AirwaysBSE -0.31 % on Tuesday announced what it termed
India's biggest airticket sale of 20 lakh seats at Rs 2250 for travel upto
anytime till December 31 this year. Tickets can be booked before February 24.
On January 11, Kalanithi
Maran-owned airline SpiceJetBSE -0.73 % announced 10 lakh seats on offer at Rs
2,013 for travel between February and April, which could be booked over three
days, sparking concern at the aviation regulator DGCA's office who perceived
such a practice harmful for financials of airlines, consequently requesting
others not to join in.
However, to be on top of
the war for marketshare, Jet Airways seems to have taken the plunge, offering
double the number of seats SpiceJet offered.
High airfares throughout
2012 due to grounding of Kingfisher AirlinesBSE 4.94 % caused passengers to opt
out of air travel, leading to negative growth in traffic for the first time
since 2009.
The travel fraternity had
predicted that 2013 will be all about exciting offers to stimulate the market.
"January to March
will be very interesting months as airfares are expected to soften," Sunny
Sodi, COO (Corporate Travel) and Senior VP (Air Product) of Yatra.com.
"Fares will dip also
because some capacity will be added to IndiGo, Air India and Jet that will need
to be filled up. 2013 will see exciting offers, new deals and several
short-term discounts in our assessment," Sodi added.
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