No brakes on airfare spike, Delhi-Chandigarh tickets at ` 99,000
NEW DELHI: Air fares on the Chandigarh-Delhi route have shot through the roof with a one-way ticket for Monday selling for over ` 99,000.
The fares for a one-way, 45-minute, Chandigarh-Delhi flight is priced almost the double of a Delhi-London return flight that costs around ` 46,000. A Delhi-New York return ticket costs around ` 63,000.
A one-way ticket on travel portal makemytrip was being sold ` 99,128. Airline sources said flights out of Chandigarh were fully booked as people were desperate to get out of the city. “These are the last few seats available and they are being sold for a premium,” said an airline official who did not wish to be named.
Sources said the Directorate General of Civil Aviation was keeping a tab on the situation.
“We have requested special permission for the DGCA to operate flights to Chandigarh on Sunday when the airport is closed and also requested for permission for additional flights in the late evening. We will also be flying the bigger Boeing 737 jets to Chandigarh to accommodate additional passengers,” said a SpiceJet spokesperson.
On the third day of the agitation, all he mail, express and passengers trains on the route of Ambala-Panipat and Delhi remained cancelled and all the buses of the Haryana roadways including the Volvo buses remained off road.