Airlines see flight bookings double on festive sales

Festive season sales by low-cost carriers (LCC) have led to almost doubling of bookings. 

Deep discount carrier SpiceJet Tuesday put up three lakh tickets for sale with domestic fares starting at Rs 749 (taxes extra) and international ones beginning from Rs 3,999 (all-inclusive). Under this offer, tickets on routes like Delhi to Amristar, Ahmedabad to Mumbai all are priced at Rs 749 base fare (taxes extra). While within the international sector, the sale offering for Chennai to Colombo is at Rs 3,999 all-inclusive Stock Market Trading Tips

The three-day sale launched will be open till Thursday midnight and tickets sold under this will be for travel between February 1 and October 29, 2016. "The yearlong travel period under the current offering will provide SpiceJet customers with immense flexibility while enabling them to plan their travel well in advance," said a SpiceJet spokesperson.

Travel portal Yatra president Sharat Dhall said: "The Diwali sale by Spicejet and IndiGo announced Tuesday has brought cheer to travellers. The airlines have announced a three-day sale for the travel period February to October 2016 with prices as low as Rs 749 for domestic travel and Rs 3,999 for international travel. This plays out very well as people can plan their summer vacations and the long weekends next year taking advantage of the super fares ... we are already seeing bookings for these air lines increase by over 178%, and anticipate a further increase over the next two days as the promotion gathers momentum Indian stock market astrology prediction