Ahmedabad: Shailesh Shah must travel to Delhi with his wife and elderly father for social visits next weekend.
When he checked the flight, he was surprised to see flight rates back at Rs 11,000 per person.
The trip to Delhi will make him Rs 33,000 for flight three people.
Shah decided to delay his travel plan.
With most flights operating from Sardar Vallabhai Patel International Airport (SVPI) during rush hour because the launch takes place since January 17, aviation rates from city airports have been dramatically barbed, starting from 30-160%.
The steep spike looks at Jaipur and Chennai with the cost of returning to RS 14,000 per person.
It was followed by flights to Delhi and Bengaluru which cost more than Rs 10,000 per person and Mumbai bound flights soared to Rs 8,500.
Manish Sharma, President, the Federation of Indian travel agents (TAFI) – Gujarat, said, “The number of flights has been reduced because of the launch of runway launches that are ongoing and mostly scheduled during rush hour during airline ticket sales are generally high.
In addition, the frequency of the flight has also been Reduced by the plane ticket skyrocketed to several places.
“Against at least 200 flights handled every day at the city airport, only 140 flights operated after the reporting of the runway was carried out.
Most of these flights have been scheduled before 9 am or after 18:00 because the foundation is closed for flight operations from 9am to 6pm.
Travel agents also show that even passenger inconvenience rises.
Virendra Shah, President, the Association of Indian travel agencies (said), said, “With most flights operating in the morning, passengers were forced to go as early as 4 in the flight to report around 7:00, because Covid-19 protocols.
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