Air Turbine Fuel cost in India constitutes nearly 40 per cent of the ticket cost against 25 per cent in other countries.
Other foreign airlines like Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines and Virgin Altantic have joined Indian carriers in opposing the hike in airport charges.
The customer can get a Mumbai-London-Mumbai ticket for Rs 40,943 including all taxes and levies.
Domestic carriers, including newly-launched AirAsia India and regional airline Costa too have lowered their fares through these offers
British Airways covers over 150 destinations in 75 countries while in India the carrier operates 49 flights a week from London's Heathrow airport to Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.
The daily flights will be operated by a Boeing 777-200 in a three class configuration offering, flat beds in Club World, World Traveller plus and World Traveller seats.
Ninety years later, BA counts the country as its second-biggest overseas market after the US.
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