Vande Bharat fares cut for US, Canada
Mumbai | New Delhi: Air India has slashed Vande Bharat repatriation flight tickets to and from North America by 25-45% in a move that will bring relief to Indians stranded in the US.
The economy class fare for a New York-Delhi flight is ₹75,461 compared with more than ₹107,000 in the earlier phases. A Toronto-Delhi economy ticket is listed at ₹75,321 on the Air India mobile application, compared with ₹1.37 lakh in June. India stopped all international flights on March 22 and domestic ones on March 25. While domestic services resumed on May 25, overseas flights haved not restarted, except for special ones such as the Vande Bharat flights.
Air India didn’t respond to queries. The Indian government sources do not see regular international flights restarting soon due to the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the country.
