Flying out of Chennai has become expensive now
3 years, 9 months ago

Flying out of Chennai has become expensive now

The Hindu  

Flying out of Chennai has become dearer with an increase in airfares now. Earlier, flights from Chennai to various metro cities largely remained affordable and this helped many get back to their home towns ahead of lockdowns or travel during emergency. Similarly for Delhi, late last year, it was around ₹4,000 but now it has spiked to as high as ₹ 7,000 for a single trip. But now people will think twice before they take a flight even after the situation improves due to high fares,” an official said. It will take a lot of time, may be several months, before we see a good number of passengers,” another official said.

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Live Mint  

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2 months ago

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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Live Mint  

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ABP News  

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Airfares on Chennai, Bengaluru sectors soar in festival season

The Hindu  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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India is a price-sensitive market, says IndiGo CEO

The Hindu  

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Hindustan Times  

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News 18  

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Famous Domestic Routes Witness Downfall in Average Airfares, Check Details

News 18  

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Firstpost  

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News 18  

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Hindustan Times  

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Rs 21,000 to fly from Delhi to Ahmedabad: Why are airfares in India soaring?

Firstpost  

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The Hindu  

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Airfares touch the skies
2 years, 5 months ago

Airfares touch the skies

Deccan Chronicle  

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Airfares sting, no ‘low-cost’ flight up in the skies now
2 years, 9 months ago

Airfares sting, no ‘low-cost’ flight up in the skies now

The Hindu  

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Chennai airport clocks 20% rise in December passenger traffic
3 years, 2 months ago

Chennai airport clocks 20% rise in December passenger traffic

The Hindu  

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India Today  

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News 18  

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The Hindu  

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Air fares for August drop drastically
3 years, 8 months ago

Air fares for August drop drastically

The Hindu  

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Airlines Offering Cheap Airfares Between August and October Eyeing Early Booking Revenue
3 years, 9 months ago

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News 18  

As covid cases record a dip across the country, airlines are expecting a rise in the number of bookings. However, an aspect that factored in the price of tickets was the Government’s decision to hike the lowest fare cap by 15 per cent for travel in June-July. Despite the aforementioned scenario, airlines are now putting out cheap rates for travel …

Flights and passenger traffic dips drastically at Chennai airport
3 years, 10 months ago

Flights and passenger traffic dips drastically at Chennai airport

The Hindu  

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Chennai metro fares reduced by ₹ 20 ahead of Tamil Nadu Assembly polls. Check details
4 years, 1 month ago

Chennai metro fares reduced by ₹ 20 ahead of Tamil Nadu Assembly polls. Check details

India TV News  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Saturday announced a reduction in the maximum fare for travel in the Chennai Metro rail by Rs 20, thus bringing down the fare for full-length travel to Rs 50 from the present Rs 70. Though the commuters will have to pay Rs 10 for a distance of upto 2 kilometres, according to the …

Flight bookings up 23% in 3 days amid offers by Air India, IndiGo
5 years, 1 month ago

Flight bookings up 23% in 3 days amid offers by Air India, IndiGo

The Hindu  

The travel trade has said it had observed a 23% spike in air ticket bookings from February 15 over three days amidst offers by Air India and IndiGo and drop in airfares to countries like Thailand in wake of the spread of COVID-19. William Boulter, chief commercial officer, IndiGo, said, “The sale will help customers plan their international travel in …

Boeing says Indian airfares unsustainably low; lifts country's 20-year order forecast despite market challenges
6 years, 3 months ago

Boeing says Indian airfares unsustainably low; lifts country's 20-year order forecast despite market challenges

Firstpost  

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GoAir offering flight tickets from ₹1,099 in new sale
6 years, 3 months ago

GoAir offering flight tickets from ₹1,099 in new sale

Live Mint  

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Air India’s new ₹1,000 night flights start tonight
6 years, 4 months ago

Air India’s new ₹1,000 night flights start tonight

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Air India’s new late-night flights, which come with cheaper airfares than those with regular timings, start operations from tonight. In the AI 883 Delhi-Goa route the Air India flight departs from 10 pm and lands at 12.35 am. Currently Air India has only one direct flight in the New Delhi-Goa route. Air India says the new late night …

Air India night flights offering tickets from ₹1,000 start this week
6 years, 4 months ago

Air India night flights offering tickets from ₹1,000 start this week

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Ahead of the winter holiday season, Air India is launching new late-night flights from this week with air fares priced less than those with regular timings. Air India’s new late-night flight routes are Bengaluru-Ahmedabad-Bengaluru, Delhi-Coimbatore-Delhi and Delhi-Goa-Delhi with basic fares beginning from ₹ 1,000. Air India’s AI 589 departs from Bengaluru at 12.30 am and reaches Ahmedabad at …

Bookings begin for Air India late-night flights with fares from ₹1,000
6 years, 4 months ago

Bookings begin for Air India late-night flights with fares from ₹1,000

Live Mint  

New Delhi: National carrier Air India has started accepting bookings for its late-night flights connecting cities like Bengaluru, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Coimbatore and Goa at fares beginning from ₹ 1,000. Air India’s new flights are on 3 routes: Bengaluru-Ahmedabad-Bengaluru, Delhi-Coimbatore-Delhi and Goa-Delhi-Goa with 15-day advance basic fares starting from ₹ 1,000. On the third Air India late-night flight route, the plane …

Air India late-night flights starting this month, flight tickets from ₹1,000
6 years, 4 months ago

Air India late-night flights starting this month, flight tickets from ₹1,000

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Offering flight tickets at a cheaper price, Air India is introducing night departure flights to some popular destinations, including Delhi, Goa and Bengaluru with fares beginning from ₹ 1,000. Air India flight tickets on the Bengaluru-Ahmedabad route begin from ₹ 1,000. From Coimbatore, the Air India flight departs at 1 am and reaches Delhi at 4 am. Air …

Airfare cheaper than travelling in auto, claims aviation minister Jayant Sinha
6 years, 6 months ago

Airfare cheaper than travelling in auto, claims aviation minister Jayant Sinha

Deccan Chronicle  

Gorakhpur: Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha on Tuesday claimed that the cost of air tickets is much lesser than that of an auto rickshaw in the present day. He further added, "When two people take an auto-rickshaw they pay a fare of Rs 10 which means they're charged Rs 5 per kilometre but when you fly you …

Despite rising oil prices, weak rupee, airlines roll out discounts to woo flyers in lean season
6 years, 8 months ago

Despite rising oil prices, weak rupee, airlines roll out discounts to woo flyers in lean season

Live Mint  

Mumbai: Airlines are offering flash sales and discounted ticket prices during the traditionally lean monsoon season, despite rising oil prices and the falling rupee as they hope to attract more passengers and make as many advance bookings as possible to feed the capacity that has been added by them in the past couple of months. The Ajay Singh-led no-frills carrier, …

IndiGo offers flight tickets from ₹ 1,200 on select routes
6 years, 9 months ago

IndiGo offers flight tickets from ₹ 1,200 on select routes

Live Mint  

New Delhi: With the holiday season coming to a close, airlines are showering flight ticket discounts. After Jet Airways Ltd and GoAir, India’s largest airline IndiGo is offering flight tickets starting ₹ 1,200 on domestic routes, according to its website. The ₹ 1,200 flight ticket price is applicable on Delhi-Jaipur route, shows IndiGo’s website. IndiGo said that the offer is …

Affordable, various modes of transport available in Chennai
7 years ago

Affordable, various modes of transport available in Chennai

Deccan Chronicle  

CHENNAI: With multimodal commutation options available, Chennai offers transportation in all ranges to its residents. While both the airport terminals have prepaid taxi kiosks and app-based cabs services catering to other parts of the area, buses, metro rail and suburban rail make commuting to the rest of the city cheaper compared to other metropolitan cities in the country. Buses, which …

Chennai airport will reach saturation by FY21
7 years, 5 months ago

Chennai airport will reach saturation by FY21

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Chennai airport, with a current capacity of 20 million passengers per year, will reach saturation point in FY21 and Tiruchy and Madurai airports would join the airports of Jammu, Pune, Kozhikode, Mangaluru and Thiruvananthapuram in reaching saturation by this fiscal itself. Signs of congestion are already emerging in Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi and the situation will become more acute …

Domestic passenger traffic on steady rise
7 years, 5 months ago

Domestic passenger traffic on steady rise

Deccan Chronicle  

CHENNAI: Domestic passenger traffic appears to increase sharply registering a growth of 16.97 per cent in August end, indicating the increasing patronage of the people and also the evolving business strategies of the airlines. Passengers carried by domestic airlines during January-August 2017 were a whopping 754.11 lakhs as against 644.68 lakhs during the corresponding period last year. The DGCA’s air …

Chennai: Flyover, metro work behind pricey bus tickets
7 years, 9 months ago

Chennai: Flyover, metro work behind pricey bus tickets

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Lakhs of passengers commuting in Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation buses for inter-city travel probably are not aware of the fact that they are shelling out five rupees extra for each ride from Koyambedu to Poonamallee and vice versa. Before 2010, buses would take two routes for the same destinations, 24-km stretch via Porur, Guindy, which cost Rs 11 …

Indian aviation is growing but it's straining airports: Why 1 in 4 flights are getting delayed
8 years, 2 months ago

Indian aviation is growing but it's straining airports: Why 1 in 4 flights are getting delayed

Firstpost  

India’s aviation traffic almost doubled in the last six years. Well, in December, Air India did not get even half its flights on time at this airport and even market leader IndiGo barely managed to get 50 percent of its flight on time here. As robust domestic air traffic growth pushes us ahead of Japan to become the third largest …

India’s domestic air passenger traffic up 23 pc in 2016, says DGCA
8 years, 2 months ago

India’s domestic air passenger traffic up 23 pc in 2016, says DGCA

India TV News  

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Tuesday said that India’s domestic air passenger traffic zoomed by 23.18 per cent in 2016 to 998.88 lakh. According to the data furnished by DGCA, domestic air passenger traffic increased by 23.91 per cent during December to 95.52 lakh from 77.09 lakh during the corresponding month last year. Meanwhile, Air Costa had the …

Floods lead to striking changes in airfares
9 years, 3 months ago

Floods lead to striking changes in airfares

The Hindu  

As soon as the floods hit Chennai and the airport was shut down owing to the inundation of the airfield, the airfares started rising in other sectors due to increasing demand. An economy ticket on Friday for a 9.30 p.m. Jet Airways flight from Bengaluru to Delhi was selling at Rs. Indigo Airlines announced that it had added extra flights …

Air travel gets cheaper this festive season
9 years, 4 months ago

Air travel gets cheaper this festive season

The Hindu  

Falling jet fuel prices have yielded a bonanza for fliers and that too in the festive season. According to travel portal Yatra.com, on an average, the domestic air fares have come down by about up to 20 per cent, while Makemytrip has seen a drop of up to 10 per cent across domestic and international routes over the last year. …

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