Air travel costs money during festive seasons and air ticket prices are also higher

New Delhi: Air travelers need to be careful now. The airlines of the country are planning to increase the air fares during the festive period. There have been reports in the media that air travel will become more expensive during the festive season this year. Especially, the airfare will go up due to Diwali and Onam festivals. According to the report, air fares for the festive season are increasing rapidly. The average one-way ticket price on major domestic routes has increased by 10-15 percent during Diwali. At the same time, during the Onam festival, the fares of some flights to Kerala cities are 20-25 percent higher. The average one-way economy class fare on the Delhi-Chennai route between October 30 and November 5 has increased by 25 per cent, according to a report based on a study by travel website Ixico. It is Rs.7,618. This fee is higher than last year's November 10-16. In the same period, the ticket price on the Mumbai-Hyderabad route has increased by 21 percent to Rs 5,162. Fares on Delhi-Goa and Delhi-Ahmedabad routes have increased by 19 per cent to Rs 5,999 and Rs 4,930 respectively. Along with this, fares on some other routes have increased by 1-16 percent. Rajneesh Kumar, Co-CEO, Ixico Group, said demand for tickets increased on Diwali. Airfare has increased significantly this year compared to last year. The analysis revealed that airfares on select routes like Bengaluru-Hyderabad and Mumbai-Jammu are lower than last year. Also Read: 140 job losses due to action camera maker layoffs In another report, Indian airlines carried 1.29 crore passengers in July. , which represents an increase of more than 7.3 percent in air traffic on a year-on-year basis. However, air traffic was less in July compared to June this year. 1.32 crore passengers traveled by air in June. IndiGo continued its dominance in the domestic aviation sector and increased its market share to 62 percent in July. At the same time, shares of Air India fell by 14.3 percent. Also Read: Gold smuggler hiding in banana and bamboo plantation escapes after attacking BSF jawan The post Air travel is expensive during festivals, flight tickets cost more appeared first on Prabhat Khabar.