As the Bengaluru airport has shut its runway partially for the air show from February 20 to 24, the ticket fares have gone up by at least three to five times.
The average fare for one-way travel from Mumbai to Bengaluru around this time of the year is ₹5,000. On Saturday, a ticket on a Mumbai-Bengaluru flight for Wednesday was available for around ₹27,000. The lowest fare available for Wednesday morning was a GoAir flight (6am) for ₹10,331 (without tax). A 6.30am flight on Jet Airways was available for ₹18,548. The fares for IndiGo’s 3.40pm flight, Jet Airways’ 4.55pm flight, and IndiGo and Spicejet’s 7.35pm flights were ₹22,000, ₹27,318, ₹16,999 and ₹18,717.
Barring red-eye (night) flights for ₹7,000, on Monday, a ticket to Bengaluru for a 5.30am flight cost ₹13,000, and touched ₹26,695 during peak hours.
