Domestic airfares up but int’l flights may get cheaper

As elevated jet fuel prices and fare caps continue to pose a major challenge for the airlines’ profitability, it is unlikely that the domestic sector will see a major relief in the coming days. In fact, fares on some of the trunk routes in the sector have increased by 15-30 per cent over the last 2-4 weeks.

“Owing to the hike in fuel prices, there has been an increase in airline fares by 20 per cent across all domestic routes. We at Yatra.com have observed that domestic routes such as Delhi, Goa, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata have witnessed an increase in airfares as well as booking enquiries over the last few weeks,” a spokesperson for online travel company Yatra.com told The Indian Express.