Jet Airways hikes domestic fares by Rs.400

September 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI/MUMBAI - All airlines have slashed their fares to 50 per cent till September 18. The airlines have made this move in the wake of Jet airways announcing a 50 per cent discount in the economy class across on all of its domestic flights.

September 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Faced with cancellation of nearly 200 flights by Jet Airways Monday, several stranded passengers claimed rival carriers even doubled their fares arbitrarily to cash in on the sudden rush for tickets. "I had to pay Rs.6,000 extra.

July 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Beleaguered national carrier Air India, struggling to stay afloat, announced special fares on select domestic routes Wedmnesdy to attract passengers during the lean monsoon season. The airline said in a statement that tickets under the special fares could be purchased up to three days before the travel and would be valid till Sep 20.

June 18th, 2009 MUMBAI - Low-cost carrier SpiceJet Thursday hiked its fuel surcharge by Rs.400 following a recent hike in aviation turbine fuel (ATF) rates. "We have increased fuel surcharge by Rs.400 on our flights with immediate effect," Samyukta Shreedharan, SpiceJet chief operating officer, told reporters here.

June 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Air travel on Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines has become costlier, with both carriers Wednesday increasing fuel surcharge on tickets by Rs.400 on all domestic sectors. Attributing the decision to an increase in aviation fuel prices, Jet said the fuel surcharge would be applicable on all Jet Airways, Jet Airways Konnect and JetLite flights from Wednesday.

May 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Leading private carrier Jet Airways Wednesday announced special return fares between Indian cities and London which would allow travellers to save around Rs.20,000 on their return economy class bookings. The return economy ticket, which normally costs over Rs.50,000, would now be available at Rs.30,000 under the new scheme, while the premier and first class tickets would cost around Rs.125,000 and Rs.200,000 respectively.

April 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's flagship carrier Air India Monday said it has no 'immediate' plan to raise fares even as other airlines Kingfisher and Jet Airways have hiked fares on account of rising fuel costs. Ruling out any immediate fare hike, an Air India spokesperson told IANS: 'We have been No.3 for quite sometime.

March 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Taking a cue from leading private carrier Jet Airways, which earlier in the week slashed fares on 30 days' advance bookings, national carrier Air India Thursday announced summer special fares from Friday. Ranging between Rs.1,891 and Rs.2,901, the special fares will be available for 148 domestic sectors and will include the passenger service fee and other taxes, Air India said in a statement.

March 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Leading private carrier Jet Airways Monday announced special fares starting from Rs.1,722 on 30-day advance purchases, which according to the company is as low as the railway AC two-tier tickets. 'Air travellers who purchase tickets in the domestic sector 30 days in advance would now enjoy low fares, starting from Rs.2,071 for Jet Airways, and Rs.1,722 for JetLite,' the company said in a statement.

February 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bucking the trend of Indian carriers, including budget airlines, withdrawing promotional fares and hiking base tariff, low-cost carrier JetLite Wednesday introduced a promotional base fare of Re.1. The new base fare has been offered even on premier sectors like Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi- Hyderabad, and Mumbai-Chennai routes.

February 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel Wednesday morning warned airline operators against 'cartelisation', the aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), asked them to explain their fare hikes. The move came a day after Indian carriers, including budget airlines, withdrew promotional fares and hiked the base tariff.

January 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In a new offer, India's flag carrier Air India has pegged its economy class fare at Rs.99 (excluding Rs.3,024 as fuel surcharge) on all domestic sectors till Feb 28, an airline official said. Besides this, it has launched another scheme under which travellers booking tickets 21 days in advance will also be offered tickets at Rs.99 each.

January 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's leading private carrier Jet Airways, which cut domestic fares by up to 40 percent last week, said it has no plans to slash fares on international routes. 'We don't have any proposal right now to cut fares on our international routes,' Jet Airways spokesman A.K.

December 29th, 2008 NEW DELHI - A day after Jet Airways reduced fares on domestic routes, state-owned operator Air India Tuesday announced fare cut up to 82 percent in at least 20 sectors, mostly on metro routes, a senior airline official said. 'The new fare cut comes into effect today (Tuesday).

December 28th, 2008 NEW DELHI - India's leading private air carrier, Jet Airways, and state-owned operator Air India Monday announced fare cuts. While Jet will reduce the fares on its domestic routes by up to 40 percent with immediate effect, Air India is expected to announce the quantum Tuesday.