Air fares soar as IndiGo cancels flights

Chennai | Sunday | 17th February, 2019

Summary:

CHENNAI: Air fares to most domestic destinations from Chennai remain high as Indi-Go is cancelling flights daily. Airlines, which have cancelled flights are accommodating their customers on their flights itself but new bookings are being sold at a huge premium.” Though the number of flights cancelled is fewer in Chennai, some of the cancelled schedules include red eye flights and peak hour services to small towns. Flight fares for major domestic sectors have seen an average increase of 20-25%. The airline is expected to cancel flights daily at least till the end of next month.Travel and tour operators say that air fares have increased by as much as 30% on most of the routes, especially on morning peak hour flights to small towns..