Spot airfares rise up to three times on busiest routes

In the wake of Go First’s exit, spot airfares and the fares of tickets purchased 24 hours prior to the flight’s departure, on country’s busiest routes have shot up by up to three times in the last one month even as the fares have gone up only marginally for tickets booked a month in advance, Business Standard reported.

Quoting data from Ixigo, the report said that the one way spot fare for India’s busiest, Delhi-Mumbai route, was Rs 6,125 on May 1. The prices for the same on June 1 climbed to Rs 18,654. Spot fares for India’s sixth busiest, Delhi-Pune route, have also seen a similar uptick. From Rs 5,469 on May 1, the fare galloped to Rs 17,220 on June 1.