Air Fare Rise Amid Vistara Crisis: Analysis by travel portal Exigo has revealed that there has been an increase of up to 39 percent in air fares on some major routes during the period of April 1-7 as compared to March 1-7 last month. .
Summer has started and people have started planning for summer vacations, but before that there is bad news for the people who are planning to travel by air. Actually, their air travel is going to be expensive. The impact of the ongoing crisis and increasing demand in many aviation companies including Vistara is now visible on air fares and an increase of 20-25 percent may be seen in flight fares on major routes. These routes include Delhi-Goa to Jammu-Srinagar.
Fares may increase by up to 25 percent:
According to a report published on Business Today, the impact of Tata Group-led Vistara Airlines’ decision to reduce daily flights is going to be visible on air fares. Amidst the summer holiday season and disruption in Vistara flights, passengers may have to spend more on major routes as air fares are expected to increase by 20-25 per cent. This expenditure is going to increase at a time when the peak period of summer travel is near and the airline sector is struggling with the challenges of increasing capacity in line with the demand.
Delhi-Bengaluru flight ticket so expensive
An analysis by travel portal Exigo has revealed that spot fares on some routes have increased by 39 per cent during the period of April 1-7 compared to the period of March 1-7. . During this period, the one-way fare for Delhi-Bengaluru flights has increased by 39 percent, while the fare for Delhi-Srinagar flights has increased by 30 percent. According to the report, in case of Delhi-Mumbai flights, the fare increase has been seen by 12 percent and for Mumbai-Delhi flight by 8 percent.
Bharat Malik, senior vice president (air and hotel business), travel portal Yatra Online, said the average average airfare is expected to increase by 20-25 per cent in the current summer schedule, covering both domestic and international routes. He clearly said that Vistara’s decision to reduce flights by 10 percent has affected ticket prices on major domestic routes.
Problems from Vistara to IndiGo
Tata-owned Vistara Airlines had issued a statement last Sunday saying that the company is reducing its operations by about 25 to 30 flights every day, which is about 10 percent of their current capacity. The airline spokesperson had further said that this decision regarding flights is mostly taken in our domestic network and ahead of time to minimize the inconvenience to the customers. Let us tell you that Vistara is facing shortage of pilots these days.
Vistara is not the only airline facing problems. The impact of the bankruptcy of Go First Airline and grounding of more than 70 aircraft by IndiGo due to engine related problems has been seen as a disruption in the Indian aviation sector for several months. Now its effect is going to be seen in the form of increase in fares on air travel.
