AirAsia India Announces Flurry of Offers, Reintroduces Fares at Rs 990

AirAsia India on Monday introduced a flurry of offers both for domestic as well as international routes, to mark the group’s milestone of flying 300 million travellers.

AirAsia had announced last week that it would come up with something ‘big’ to mark the occasion.

On domestic routes, AirAsia has reintroduced its Rs 990- fare (all-inclusive) offer. This offer is valid for travel period of 15 February-31 August 2016 and to avail it tickets should be booked between August 10 and August 16.

Under the AirAsia scheme, while tickets from Bengaluru to Kochi are priced at Rs 990, Bengaluru to Goa tickets would cost Rs 1190, and New Delhi to Guwahati tickets are available at Rs 2990.

On overseas routes, AirAsia has put on block 3 million seats and is offering all-inclusive fare as low as Rs 3,999 for traveling to Kuala Lumpur from cities like Kochi, Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad.

AirAsia has also introduced discounts for travel on overseas routes like Bangkok, Melborune, Sydney, Perth etc.

Jet Airways also introduced a discount offer on Monday. Jet Airways announced a promotional scheme offering a flat 30 per cent discount on base fares of domestic flights and travel from India to international destinations.

Fare wars between airlines have turned intense in Indian skies and carriers have been coming up with offers every other week to woo flyers.

The promotional schemes offered by different airlines have helped spur strong passenger growth. The number of passengers carried by domestic airlines during January-June this year rose to 388 lakh, as against 324 lakh during the corresponding period of previous year – an increase of nearly 20 per cent.