Myanmar Airways International on Monday announced an attractive return fare of Rs 6,999 for Delhi-Bangkok and Rs 6,499 for Delhi-Yangon sectors.
With the start of the lean travel season, Indian Airlines on Thursday took the lead in announcing a new scheme offering discounts of up to 60 per cent below the normal fares in 85 sectors across the country.
Air India is planning to introduce a new seating segment 'premium economy' on its domestic all-economy flights from the middle of this month at the cost of almost the lowest business class fare on a route.
Taking competition on airfares a step further, Jet Airways on Tuesday extended its 'check fares' scheme, which provides low fares on select flights even at the last moment, to nine more sectors taking the total to 19.
According to a Mid Year Traveller Sentiment survey by TripAdvisor, travellers have not totally abandoned holiday plans with 41 per cent respondents wanting to take more holidays in 2013 as compared to 2012.
Spicejet on Tuesday entered the low-cost airline sector in India with special fares of Rs 99 for the first 99 days of its operation.
The airfare hike will come into effect from October 14.
Air Deccan has announced the launch of its return flights from Lucknow to Delhi from March 7.
The base will be used by carriers such as Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India, to operate 70-seater ATR aircraft to places such as Bengaluru.
Airlines are of the view that the cut in prices is too little for them to pass on to consumers, especially after a series of price increases over the last six months.
Taking forward the competition in airfares by targeting the AC two-tier train passengers, Air Sahara on Monday launched its 'Surprice' scheme introducing the first advance purchase (Apex) return scheme and reducing the fares by almost 30%.
Indian Airlines and Air-India are expected to hike airfares by ten per cent following a green signal from Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel.
Banking services, insurance premium and investment management are likely to cost more.
Samridhi Bhardwaj analyses the dynamics of duty-free liquor allowance in India.
Three major domestic airlines on Friday announced revised fares, including those under the advance purchase schemes, following abolition of the Inland Air Travel Tax which amounted to 15 per cent of the total airfare.
The CoA and the BCCI office-bearers (with support of state units) have been engaged in an ugly shadow battle with the Supreme Court-appointed Committee not ready to involve the latter in policy making decisions leading to a lot of acrimony.
The BCCI secretary after requisition from 20 affiliated units had issued a circular to conduct a SGM in New Delhi, in order to discuss policy matters with regards to decisions taken by the Vinod Rai-led committee.
Airline pares capacity on routes like Mumbai-Delhi and Mumbai-Bengaluru on weekends, uses freed up slot at Mumbai to fly Amritsar, Patna, Varanasi
English county side Surrey bagged Virat Kohli for a dirt cheap deal as the Board of Control for Cricket in India was keen to ensure quality game time for the India captain ahead of tour of England.
Air India on Thursday increased the fuel surcharge component in fares on several routes.
Airlines have opposed the rules that make it compulsory for them to pay compensation to passengers in case a flight is delayed by more than four hours
The Indian Railways must opt for a dynamic fare-fixing system and improve its management and marketing techniques.
Domestic carriers seek week's time for suggestions on fares.
The Centre said that there was no legal provision to declare a disaster as a national calamity, amid demands for declaring the floods as a national disaster.
No-frills carrier SpiceJet on Tuesday put on sale 1 lakh seats on its select domestic flights for just Re 1.
SpiceJet announced discounted fares on domestic sector.
Indian students, who are living and studying away from home, tell us how they are dealing with the COVID-19 crisis and what they discovered on their journey back home.
InterGlobe has raised Rs 3,008.5 crore.
Domestic budget carriers SpiceJet, Indigo and GoAir have rolled out another sale offer with fares starting from Rs 1,699 for a limited period on domestic routes.
