INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Flight ticket bookings increase ahead of the summer vacations in schools, say analysts
Ahead of the summer holidays, airlines are lining up discounted airfares
and lucrative schemes to attract bookings
Airlines including SpiceJet, GoAir and AirAsia India have lined up airfares under Rs 1,600 and announced deals for potential flyers
Discounted flight tickets come at a time of high competition among airlines operating in the Indian civil aviation market
Robust growth in passenger traffic continues to keep the airlines in a high competition mode, say analysts
Bookings also increase ahead of the summer vacations in schools, they add.Here are some of the ongoing deals offered on domestic
flights:AirAsia India Rs 1,399 flight tickets and new routesAirAsia India is offering tickets starting at Rs 1,399 on one-way flights to
select destinations including Nagpur, Chennai, Ranchi, Indore, Guwahati and Bhubaneswar, according to the airline's website - airasia.com
The offer is applicable on travel till September 30, 2018 and bookings are open till April 15, 2018, according to the carrier
The lowest all-inclusive fare offered under the scheme is Rs 1,399
The fare is being offered on the Bhubaneswar-Kolkata, Ranchi-Kolkata, Kochi-Bengaluru, Guwahati-Imphal, Hyderabad-Bengaluru and
Bengaluru-Chennai routes, according to the AirAsia website
The offer is available only on online bookings at www.airasia.com and "seats are limited and may not be available on all flights", the
airline mentioned on its website.A search on the AirAsia bookings portal showed tickets for flights from Bhubaneswar to Kolkata in May-end
were available at Rs 1,400.AirAsia India has announced introduction of new daily flights from Kolkata to Visakhapatnam, Guwahati, Imphal and
The airline is offering tickets at a starting all-inclusive price of Rs 1,699 on these routes
Bookings for this AirAsia India offer - applicable on travel till May 30, 2018 - are open till April 15, 2018, according to the airline's
1,566 on select routes under a limited-period scheme
The airline offering one-way flight tickets to destinations including Delhi, Goa, Mumbai and Bengaluru, with starting airfares ranging from
4,048, according to the airline's website - goair.in
GoAir time and again announces discounts under its 'Low Fare Wednesday' series of offers, which usually open for bookings on Wednesdays
Among other routes, GoAir flight tickets for a journey from Lucknow to Delhi are priced from Rs
1,566, according to the GoAir website
The airline mentioned that the fares are valid across select fare types and only limited seats are on offer under the scheme.A search on the
GoAir bookings portal on Thursday showed tickets for a flight from Lucknow to Delhi next week were available at Rs 1,566.SpiceJet zero
convenience fee offerSpiceJet has waived off convenience fee for bookings made online, through its website or mobile app
This offer, wherein travelers can book their flight tickets from the airline's website - spicejet.com - or mobile app, is valid till April
30, according to SpiceJet
The airline is also offering a 20 per cent discount on pre-booking of add-on services such as preferred seats
To avail this offer, customers are required to apply promo code 'ADDON20', according to the SpiceJet website.Domestic airlines carried
222.09 lakh passengers in January-February this year, as against 182.34 lakh in the corresponding period a year ago, a year-on-year growth
of 21.8 per cent, data from aviation regulator DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) showed.
