Mahakumbh 2025: Amid the rush for Mahakumbh, airfares to Prayagraj are skyrocketing. In such a situation, the Civil Aviation Ministry had asked the airlines to fix a reasonable fare. Now IndiGo has started Prayagraj flights…
Every day lakhs of devotees from India and abroad are reaching the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj which started on 13 January. Due to this, the demand for air travel has increased very fast, due to which the fares have also increased tremendously. The fare from Delhi or Mumbai to Prayagraj has increased so much that flights abroad have become cheaper than that. In such a situation, on Wednesday, the Civil Aviation Ministry asked the airlines to fix reasonable fares. After this, the country’s largest airline IndiGo has reduced the fares of its flights to Prayagraj by 30-50 percent.
Earlier, Consumer Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said that the fares of flights to Prayagraj have become very high and demanded the aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to take steps in this direction. On the other hand, Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on Wednesday met airline representatives along with Secretary V Vulnam, DGCA DG Faiz Ahmed Kidwai and senior officials regarding flights to Prayagraj.
The ministry said in a post on social media platform ‘X’ that the adequacy of air connectivity to Prayagraj from across the country was reviewed while maintaining reasonable fares during the Maha Kumbh festival. It said that regular coordination meetings have been held to provide a seamless and comfortable travel experience to the devotees.
Airfare cut by 30-50 per cent
Meanwhile, sources said IndiGo has cut airfares for flights to Prayagraj by 30-50 per cent. However, there was no comment from the airline. According to IndiGo’s website, the ticket price for January 31 is more than Rs 21,200 and the lowest price for February 12 is Rs 9,000. IndiGo operates flights to Prayagraj from Lucknow, Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad. However, there was no immediate comment from Air India, Akasa Air and SpiceJet on the fares of flights to Prayagraj.
Flights to Prayagraj from 26 cities
The Civil Aviation Ministry said on Monday that steps are being taken to rationalize air fares to Prayagraj and the number of flights has been increased to meet the growing traffic demand. Currently, 132 flights are operating from various cities of the country to Prayagraj with about 80,000 monthly seats. Prayagraj is connected to 26 cities through direct and connecting flights.
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