Air India, on Wednesday, took on other industry players by announcing a
60-day advance purchase fare scheme, offering prices close to that of
air-conditioned train fares. The national carrier is looking to tap the
huge domestic travel potential.The advance purchase fare (apex) tickets
of Air India for domestic travellers went on sale from Wednesday, for
travel commencing 60 days and beyond.
Customers availing themselves of the offer can undertake travel from the
middle of May, according to an official statement issued by the
national carrier.
This latest offer, which almost matches the fares offered by AC trains,
comes close on the heels of Air India announcing 30-day and 7-day
special fares recently. The apex scheme targets vacation travellers,
during the peak holiday season, luring them from train to air travel.
It is being termed as an attempt to strengthen Air India’s foothold in the leisure travel market, the statement said.
An all-inclusive 60-day advance purchase fare on the Delhi-Mumbai route
would cost Rs.3,981, while on the Delhi-Lucknow route it would cost as
low as Rs.2,562.
Air fares
Similarly, an all inclusive Mumbai-Kolkata fare would be Rs.4,556,
Mumbai-Bangalore Rs.2,930, and Delhi-Chennai Rs.4,852, Delhi-Kolkata and
Delhi-Hyderabad would cost Rs.4,012. The fare for Kolkata-Hyderabad and
Kolkata-Chennai would be Rs.3,798, according to the statement. The
scheme is likely to further intensify the price war among the domestic
airlines. SpiceJet in January and Jet Airways last month came up with
low-priced tickets.
SpiceJet spark
The Chennai-based SpiceJet was the first to slash prices by introducing
fares as low as Rs. 2,013 in January.Weeks after that, Jet Airways put
up two million seats on its domestic network up for sale, as low as
Rs.2,350, followed by IndiGo, GoAir and Air India making similar offers.
Kushank Singhal
PGDM 2nd
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