Cheap Airline Tickets for Non-Metro Routes of India

The number of fliers is growing day by day as per International Aviation Transport Association (IATA). An addition of over 900 million passengers has been calculated in tenure of five years, starting from 2012. Most of them will be domestic fliers; hence airlines are adding capacity on small cities of the home country. India is one among them and is witnessing a fast pace in the aviation sector. This has attracted many new players in the market, including global players. For instance, AirAsia – a Malaysia-based carrier – recently started operating in the Indian market, and provides ultra cheap airline tickets to a number of destinations lying in the southern part of the country. It has recently started operations in non-metro cities such as Jaipur. Other full-fledged as well as low-cost carriers (LCCs) have also announced flights on such routes.

As per several researches and analysis, it has been found that demand of flights connecting small cities will rise in the coming months, and the signs can clearly be seen in the current scenario. Patna Airport is one of the busiest airports of the country, connecting Bihar with other states of the country. Millions of fliers board flights to Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata as well as international destinations from terminals of the airport. Hence, leading carriers, especially LCCs, have launched new services to this city in the past few months. The state government has decided to extend the capacity of the terminal or may soon pass bills to build a new one because of the traffic.

Apart from this, GoAir recently made an announcement to commence services from and to Biju Patnaik Airport of Bhubaneswar after doing a thorough study. Air India and IndiGo provided their services to this city, but researches showed that the number of travellers is quite high; hence operation on this route can prove to be lucrative. The officials of the airline also expect an increase in the GoAir ticket booking after initiation of these scheduled flights. These reports emphasise on higher disposal income and rapid urbanisation as some of the important reasons, which have led to the boom in the industry. The number of passengers is expected to grow by 75 per cent, numerically over 217 million, in the next six years.

Analysts from the Centre for Aviation claim that much of the above-mentioned growth will come from smaller cities. As per records, a hike of 17 per cent has been recorded at these places since the year 2009. It is more than twice the growth recorded on popular metro routes. The government of the country is supportive and has recently announced construction of around 50 airports all across the nation to connect small towns. President of IndiGo, in agreement to all these statistics, said that opportunity is changing, and flights destined to these locations are fuller when compared to those operated on trunk routes. Zav Airways and Air Costa are planning to launch flights to the cities falling in the north-eastern and southern part of the nation by 2015, respectively.

SpiceJet Booking along with Share Price Rise in the Current Quarter

The low-cost carrier (LCC), SpiceJet, has marked its presence in the Indian market quite evidently. Financial reports of this Sun Group-owned company show an upward graph since its inception in 2005. It has offices in several states with registered office in Chennai and the corporate office in Gurgaon. With a fleet size of over 55 aircraft, the carrier serves more than 19 per cent of total fliers of the nation. The airline has been declared as the third largest service provider of Indian aviation industry as per Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) reports for the second quarter. After analysis, it has been found that unparalleled services at lowest air fare and increased capacity are important reasons behind increase in the market share of this LCC.

The rise in market share has lead to increase in its share prices in recent months. Apart from this LCC, its competitors have also gained new fliers as a result of the expansion of the whole industry, which has given a boost to GoAir, Air India and IndiGo online booking as well. SpiceJet suffered loss in previous few quarters, but has come out of that phase brilliantly, and now gained an operating profit of around INR 9 crores in June. By far, over 13 lakhs shares have been traded in the BSE counter, which were 55.82 in the last quarter.

It registered a growth of 3.51 per cent, which has marked highest price of INR 12.40 SpiceJet shares. Introduction of new marketing strategies, restructuring of network, fleet size and capacity rationalisation have yielded a positive figure in the operating profit over the years. It replaced Air India from the third spot in the ranking order with a tremendous increase in SpiceJet booking, and is the second largest airline of the country in terms of domestic passenger share.

Avail Cheap Air Ticket on Newly Added Routes of SpiceJet

SpiceJet, one of the leading airlines of India, is a part of the Sun Group with its corporate office in Gurgaon. It commenced business in 2005 and today, owns more than 19 per cent of the Indian domestic market. This low-cost carrier (LCC) started its business operations with Boeing 737-900ER, which took off from Ahmedabad. It holds the record of maximum ticket bookings in the Asian continent in just one day of opening up the counter; more than 37000 travellers booked a ticket to different destinations. The Red Hot Special Fares scheme was introduced in the beginning, which provided cheap air ticket than ever. This LCC immediately gained the status of best budget airline, just after few months of commencement.

The LCC introduced first international flight after almost five years of inception, in the year 2010. Currently, the airline has a fleet size of over 55 aircraft, and has placed an order for 737 MAX jets, which are scheduled to be delivered in 2018. Serving over 55 domestic and international destinations, it is operating on more than 350 routes. It has recently announced three new flights on new routes for a limited period in the months of August and September. As per reports, Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore are the cities to be served by these new additions. SpiceJet ticket booking is expected to increase with introduction of these flights, which will operate four days a week.

People who have to travel between these destination; Delhi to Tirupati via Hyderabad, Delhi to Bangalore and Hyderabad, between 15th of August and 8th of September can make their reservation now. The promotional price of a flight going to Delhi to Hyderabad is INR 2999, Hyderabad to Tirupati is INR 1999 and Delhi to Bangalore is INR 3999. This offer works on the principle of first come first serve basis and is expected to end soon with these attractive prices.

Listed among Top Ten LCCs, SpiceJet Ticket Booking to Get a Boost

SpiceJet and IndiGo, two of the most prominent low-cost carriers (LCCs) of India, have been listed among the top ten cheapest carriers in the world. This list was published by a well-known travel agency, based in the United States of America, after it conducted a global survey. FireFly of Malaysia emerged as the cheapest no-frills airline of the world, according to reports. This LCC was offering one-way air ticket booking along with about 20 kilograms baggage allowance at an average charge of approximately 30 Euros. The Sun Group carrier, offering a one-way ticket at an average price of around 52.24 Euros, was placed at the second place in this list. While IndiGo, which was positioned at the eighth slot, was selling one-way air tickets at an average rate of around 68.37 European currency.

SpiceJet and IndiGo LCCs of India have been listed in the top ten cheapest carriers in the world

The Istanbul-based budget carrier – Onur Air bagged the third place with its average airfare being about 55.70 Euros. AirAsia – the low-cost Malaysian airline, which recently commenced operations in India, was positioned at the fourth rank in this list. Pegasus Airlines, another Istanbul-based LCC, emerged to be the cheapest carrier of Europe. This budget airline, offering an average price of around 64.64 Euros, proved the general notion about Ryanair – the Irish LCC – being the cheapest wrong. TigerAir – the Singapore-based carrier – was placed at the ninth position while the tenth place was occupied by VivaAerobus – the Mexican LCC.

It is being predicted by travel experts that IndiGo and SpiceJet ticket booking will witness considerable upsurge after this declaration. The fact that these LCCs are among top ten cheapest carriers of the world would encourage more and more travellers to opt for flying with them. The ongoing cut-throat competition in the Indian market is expected to ease a little for these two budget airlines after the generation of this list worldwide.