Airfares have nearly doubled in a matter of days on routes hit by the cancellation of 200 weekly flights linking Mumbai airport to 12 cities. The fares have soared as high as 193 per cent following a recent government order to cancel flights to ease “persistent congestion” that was causing delays.
Aside from the reduction in flights on 12 routes, two destinations — Hubli and Jabalpur — have lost connectivity with Mumbai since last week, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium’s data reviewed by Business Standard. IndiGo had been operating Mumbai-Hubli and Mumbai-Jabalpur flights until last week.
