Low Cost Air Travel

The government is likely to complete in the next two weeks framing of the draft of revised rules for its scheme to promote low cost air travel and put up for stakeholder consultations, as it prepares for the second round of bidding by airlines.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched UDAN, a scheme to help people to fly cheap to small towns. "Air travel is now not just for the rich, I want air travel to be for all," PM Modi said after flagging off flights from Jubbarhatti, an airport on the outskirts of Shimla. UDAN is short for "Ude desh ka aam naagrik", meaning 'the common man flies...

Hotting up the low-fares war among airlines, SpiceJet on Wednesday rolled out a new scheme offering base costs as low as Rs 444 on some destinations on its domestic network with a select booking period and limited number of seats.

Passengers faced a second day of travel disruption on Tuesday as Air France pilots extended a strike in protest at the airline's plans to expand its low-cost subsidiary.

SpiceJet has launched two new slabs of competitive basic airfare rates, as other Indian carriers extended dates for booking low cost tickets over the past few days.

As private airlines intensified low fare war, Air India today launched a 60-day advance purchase fare scheme to lure vacation travellers on its domestic network offering prices close to air-conditioned train fares.

Ajay Singh, director of SpiceJet, says a 10 per cent service tax imposed on domestic air travel in the Budget would mean an increase in air ticket prices by about Rs 350-400 given that the average economy fair is between Rs 3500-4000.

The government is likely to complete in the next two weeks framing of the draft of revised rules for its scheme to promote low cost air travel and put up for stakeholder consultations, as it prepares for the second round of bidding by airlines.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched UDAN, a scheme to help people to fly cheap to small towns. "Air travel is now not just for the rich, I want air travel to be for all," PM Modi said after flagging off flights from Jubbarhatti, an airport on the outskirts of Shimla. UDAN is short for "Ude desh ka aam naagrik", meaning 'the common man flies...

Hotting up the low-fares war among airlines, SpiceJet on Wednesday rolled out a new scheme offering base costs as low as Rs 444 on some destinations on its domestic network with a select booking period and limited number of seats.

Passengers faced a second day of travel disruption on Tuesday as Air France pilots extended a strike in protest at the airline's plans to expand its low-cost subsidiary.

SpiceJet has launched two new slabs of competitive basic airfare rates, as other Indian carriers extended dates for booking low cost tickets over the past few days.

As private airlines intensified low fare war, Air India today launched a 60-day advance purchase fare scheme to lure vacation travellers on its domestic network offering prices close to air-conditioned train fares.

Ajay Singh, director of SpiceJet, says a 10 per cent service tax imposed on domestic air travel in the Budget would mean an increase in air ticket prices by about Rs 350-400 given that the average economy fair is between Rs 3500-4000.