Airfares touch the skies
2 years, 2 months ago

Airfares touch the skies

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Airfares to various destinations from Chennai sharply rose to the skies as many people wishing to visit their native places or families for the festival made a beeline to the Meenambakkam airport after exhausting other options like trains, buses, taxis and even private vehicles. As a result, a ticket to New Delhi that would usually be between Rs 6,000 and Rs 12,000 depending on the season and rush, touched RS 18,000 on Saturday, with most people travelling to various destinations to celebrate Deepavali, falling on Monday, with their loved ones. Tickets in flights to Kolkata that would go for various rates between Rs 6,500 in normal times went for Rs 15,000 and Rs 17,000, recording an increase of more than two times. Even as the festival crowd was thronging the airport, the highways leading to various places in the State were also clogged as people began their journeys in private vehicles, apart from the fleets of private and government buses, in the morning hours itself.

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Airfares on Chennai, Bengaluru sectors soar in festival season
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Airfares on Chennai, Bengaluru sectors soar in festival season

The Hindu  

If people had a last minute plan to come to Madurai for Deepavali celebrations and return to Chennai or Bengaluru, they would have to pay through their nose for both airfares and private bus fares. Despite a good frequency of flight services between Chennai and Madurai — eight flights a day by Indigo and one service by Air India — …

Heavy rush in Chennai airport
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Heavy rush in Chennai airport

Deccan Chronicle  

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SETC ticket fares up by Rs 3 to Rs 10 on select routes
11 months ago

SETC ticket fares up by Rs 3 to Rs 10 on select routes

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The ticket fares of State Express Transport Corporation have recently gone up by Rs 3 to Rs 10 across several routes although the state government has not made any official announcement on the revision. The SETC management clarified there is no overall increase in fare, and the per-kilometre ticket prices for ultra-deluxe semi-sleeper buses remain at Rs 1 per …

Vigil by Transport Department checks drastic surge-pricing during festivals by omni bus operators in Coimbatore
1 year, 1 month ago

Vigil by Transport Department checks drastic surge-pricing during festivals by omni bus operators in Coimbatore

The Hindu  

The vigil maintained by the Transport Department authorities during the ‘puja’ holidays could, to a significant extent, ensure a deterrent effect on surge pricing of fares by omni bus operators in Coimbatore region. Last year, there were instances of omni bus operators charging as much as ₹4,000 as one-way fare to Chennai from Coimbatore against the usual fare hovering around …

Private bus operators in Andhra Pradesh jack up fares ahead of Sankranti
2 years, 11 months ago

Private bus operators in Andhra Pradesh jack up fares ahead of Sankranti

Deccan Chronicle  

Tirupati: Cashing in on the Sankranti festival season, bus operators have jacked up the fares of buses plying on several routes connecting the temple city of Tirupati to various destinations in Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Deccan Chronicle found that AC sleeper and Volvo bus fares from Tirupati to Bengaluru had gone up to Rs 1,000-Rs 1,600 …

Cost of Flight Tickets From Chennai Soar as Diwali Brings in Surge in Demand
3 years, 2 months ago

Cost of Flight Tickets From Chennai Soar as Diwali Brings in Surge in Demand

News 18  

The flight charges from Chennai have soared as Diwali is nearing and people, who have taken two doses of vaccine, are opting to fly out. Travel agents also said that fares to Bengaluru have doubled from Rs 1,500 to Rs 3,300 in the past few days and the possibilities of an increase are high in the days to come. Travel …

Flying out of Chennai has become expensive now
3 years, 6 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 …

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