NEW DELHI:
Private airlines Jet Airways and IndiGo today joined the race for low-fares, offering their customers hefty discounts, after Air India rolled out a similar offer to challenge Vistara, the latest full-service entrant in the domestic market.
Incidentally, the domestic operators are engaged in a fare war at a time when the government is mulling a cap on the minimum and maximum fares to check both “over charging” and predatory pricing by the airlines.
While low-cost airline IndiGo has launched a 90-day advance purchase scheme, offering a starting fare of Rs 1,647 (for Delhi-Lucknow sector), the Naresh Goyal-promoted Jet Airways has offered fares as low as Rs 1,832 (excluding taxes) for a one-way journey on the busy Delhi-Mumbai sector.
The Jet Airways discount offer is available for the tickets booked between today and January 18, for travel between January 16 and April 15.
National carrier Air India had yesterday announced discount for an upto 50 per cent across its domestic routes for a limited period.
“With the Air India sale kick-starting a huge uplift in bookings, Jet and Indigo have joined the bandwagon with sales of their own, targeting early bookings for the upcoming summer season and the numerous long weekends over the next few months,” Travel portal Yatra.Com President Sharat Dhall said. (AGENCIES)
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