New Delhi, Sep 30 (Agencies) : Jet Airways has launched a special offer with fares starting at Rs. 933, on the economy class of its domestic flights. For this offer, tickets must be purchased on or before October 1, 2014. This offer is applicable on travel on after on or after January 16, 2015. Tickets purchased under this offer are non-refundable.
In a separate offer, Jet Airways has launched a promotional offer on the routes operated by budget carrier AirAsia India. Jet Airways is offering fares as low as Rs. 908 (all-inclusive) as part of this promotional scheme, which is applicable on economy class tickets. This Jet Airways offer can be availed by booking before October 5 and is valid on travel after January 15, 2015.
SpiceJet has come up with the promotional offer called 'Early New Year Sale' on its domestic flights. Under this offer, the budget carrier is offering fares from Rs. 699 (inclusive of fuel surcharge but all statutory taxes and fees are to be paid by the passenger as applicable on the date of travel).
The booking for this SpiceJet offer is open till October 1, 2014 (inclusive). It is applicable on travel between January 16, 2015, and October 24, 2015.
In another promotional offer, budget carrier IndiGo is now allowing flyers to block their seats without making any payment. Under this offer, customers can block a booking on any IndiGo flight first and confirm it later. Customers can hold the booking for up to six hours. Importantly, under this IndiGo offer, the ticket price would remain the same for six hours. If the customer makes the payment within six hours, the booking gets confirmed. Otherwise, the booking gets cancelled.
Airlines in India this year have come up with many promotional schemes to attract flyers. Low-priced air tickets and other promotional schemes offered by various Indian airlines seem to have had an effect, with the number of passengers flown by them in August growing by over 8.3 per cent compared to July this year, official data showed. The latest figures showed the number of domestic passengers carried by the airlines grew from 52.60 lakh in July to 56.97 lakh in August.