Fliers who have travelled domestic in the year 2014 have enjoyed a series of domestic flight offers right from the beginning of the calendar. It has been raining discounts right from the go. Most of the regional carriers, be it full fledged ones or low-cost carriers (LCCs), all have joined the party and lucrative discounts. SpiceJet, one of the popular have led the pack in starting enticing opportunities for fliers. These have been quite a hit as witnessed from the upsurge in booking of tickets. Most of these discounted airfare have been flash sales of tickets that have lasted only for a few days.
Reason for Discounted Flight Fares
There have been quite some debate about the fact as to why the airlines were providing such offers. Travel experts have opined that a number of factors contributed to this step from the Indian aviation giants. There had been no such discounts in the last financial year, rather there was a stark hike in the price of air tickets. This had contributed to the fall in passenger flow in Indian aviation. All regional carriers apart from IndiGo and GoAir had been posting a loss. As a result, there was a host of IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir offers right from the start of the calendar.
Despite the best efforts of all the airlines, the net revenue of most of them failed to come back to profiting ways. Travellers made the most utilisation of SpiceJet and IndiGo offers, as found out from their flight bookings. Apart from this factor, the fact that foreign carriers like Singapore Airlines and AirAsia are making a foray in Indian aviation is an added reason. The Indian names would like to have a strong niche population so that they can compete the foreign heavyweights in the best possible way.
Reason for Discounted Flight Fares
There have been quite some debate about the fact as to why the airlines were providing such offers. Travel experts have opined that a number of factors contributed to this step from the Indian aviation giants. There had been no such discounts in the last financial year, rather there was a stark hike in the price of air tickets. This had contributed to the fall in passenger flow in Indian aviation. All regional carriers apart from IndiGo and GoAir had been posting a loss. As a result, there was a host of IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir offers right from the start of the calendar.
Despite the best efforts of all the airlines, the net revenue of most of them failed to come back to profiting ways. Travellers made the most utilisation of SpiceJet and IndiGo offers, as found out from their flight bookings. Apart from this factor, the fact that foreign carriers like Singapore Airlines and AirAsia are making a foray in Indian aviation is an added reason. The Indian names would like to have a strong niche population so that they can compete the foreign heavyweights in the best possible way.
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