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Most Mumbaikars who have booked their tickets to popular destinations like Goa, Kerala, Udaipur at reasonable rates may have to shell out 30-40% higher than the normal fare for their return journey.
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Updated : Dec 23, 2010, 02:07 AM IST
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If you have not booked your return air tickets after holidaying this New Year, then be ready for some shock.
Most Mumbaikars who have booked their tickets to popular destinations like Goa, Kerala, Udaipur at reasonable rates may have to shell out 30-40% higher than the normal fare for their return journey.
According to various travel portals that DNA checked, the return fares on these popular routes from January 1 to 3 are higher than what they are now.
You can easily get a Mumbai-Goa air ticket for as low as Rs2,681, but for the return journey tickets are available for Rs9,276 upwards; in fact, some fares go up to Rs23,562.
The normal fare for Goa-Mumbai is Rs3,421 upwards. “The return fares are 30% higher as the season ends and people return home on January 2 and 3,” said Rajesh Rateria, chairman, Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI).
Explaining the phenomenon of cheap fares to Goa, Kerala and other destinations, Rateria said, “When people go to these places for Christmas/New Year holidays they go in scattered numbers and the airlines can take the load. Therefore, the tickets are cheaper. But while returning, there is limited airline capacity but more rush. Everybody wants to return to Mumbai within the same time-frame as they have to join work and children have to get back to school.”
One can fly to Udaipur for as low as Rs4,080. However, if he/she is planning a return between January 1 and 3, the fare would be anywhere between Rs12,796 and Rs29,480.
Even a Kerala-Mumbai ticket which comes in the range of Rs6,224-Rs8,410 is available for Rs13,241 to Rs21,887. Similarly, if you are holidaying in the Pink City, the return fare on January 1-2 is in the range of Rs8,296 to Rs 27,293. The normal fare on Jaipur-Mumbai route is Rs5,780 upwards.
High airfares came into focus when DNA reported how the spot fares had increased twice, thrice and even four times during the Diwali weekend.
At the behest of the ministry all the airlines now have to intimate the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) and publish the minimum-maximum air fare on every route on their websites.
