Air travel on the country’s busiest routes this year-end is likely to be easy on your pocket compared to previous years.
Airfares on major domestic routes like Delhi-Mumbai, Mumbai-Bengaluru, and Mumbai-Chennai have dropped by up to 28 per cent for the December 24-January 1 period compared to a year ago. This “adjustment” in airfares can be attributed to airlines’ efforts to rectify the missteps taken before Diwali, aviation industry officials say.
In the run-up to the festival, airlines had maintained elevated fares to safeguard their higher yields (the average revenue earned per passenger per kilometre).
