‘Fares for Srinagar, Leh flights hit highest bracket in March’

Mumbai: Demand for domestic air travel has been high in the past six months and with their comparatively cheaper fares, airlines such as Go First and SpiceJet have been flying packed—these are the only two carriers that consistently registered a passenger load factor of over 90% between November 2022 and March 2023, that is.

For Go First and also for some other airlines, the hour-and-a-half-long flight from Delhi to Leh and the two-and-a-half-hour-long flight from Mumbai to Srinagar stand out from the rest of the domestic routes for a particular reason. Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) data shows that in March this year and in May last year,