"Effective December 6, IndiGo has reduced its fuel surcharge to match that of Air India, Jet Airways and JetLite," IndiGo president Aditya Ghosh told PTI.
He said this was aimed at keeping the promise of affordable fares and passing on the benefits of the recent reduction in aviation turbine fuel prices to the air travellers.
IndiGo operates 125 flights across 17 destinations with a fleet of 19 brand new Airbus A-320 aircraft.
Both Jet Airways and its wholly-owned subsidiary JetLite dropped fuel surcharge by Rs 400 across all domestic sectors from Saturday. Air India was the first to announce a drop in the surcharge by a similar amount from December 1.
The fuel surcharge effective from Sunday would be Rs 1,950 for flights on sectors less than 750 km and Rs 2,700 beyond that distance for Jet and JetLite.
Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel had sometime ago appealed to all major airlines to make air travel affordable as fuel prices had come down substantially.
Fuel cost constitutes between 40 and 50 per cent of the total operational cost of an airline in India.
Vijay Mallya-promoted Kingfisher Airlines too reduced fuel surcharge on air tickets that will bring down fares by up to Rs 400 on all domestic routes.
The cut on fuel surcharge on all domestic routes will be applicable with immediate effect, a company spokesperson said.
Subsequently, travel by Kingfisher Red (formerly Air Deccan) will see a cut of up to Rs 300 on routes up to 750 kilometres to Rs 1,950 from Rs 2,250 earlier.
Flights over 750 km will see a drop of Rs 200 to Rs 2,700 from Rs 2,900 earlier.
For the full service carrier, Kingfisher, the drop on flights up to 750 km will be Rs 400 to Rs 1,950 from Rs 2,350 earlier. Fares for travelling above 750 km will be down to Rs 2,700 from Rs 3,100.
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