Jet Airways Takes on SpiceJet with Rs 700 Offer

Jet Airways has launched a special offer starting from Rs 700 (government and statutory taxes extra) on all destinations on its domestic network. This Jet Airways offer is applicable on travel between January 16, 2015 and August 25, 2015, and the bookings for this offer will remain open till October 1, 2014.

"The New Year Celebratory fares offer flexibility in terms of travel validity, where guests may plan their travel anytime for the seven months period," Jet Airways said in a statement.

SpiceJet had earlier come up with the promotional offer called 'Early New Year Sale' on its domestic flights. Under this offer, the budget carrier is offering fares from Rs 699 (inclusive of fuel surcharge but all statutory taxes and fees are to be paid by the passenger as applicable on the date of travel). (Check out SpiceJet's offer)

The booking for this SpiceJet offer is open till October 1, 2014 (inclusive). It is applicable on travel between January 16, 2015, and October 24, 2015.

In another promotional offer, budget carrier IndiGo is now allowing flyers to block their seats without making any payment. Under this offer, customers can block a booking on any IndiGo flight first and confirm it later. Customers can hold the booking for up to six hours. Importantly, under this IndiGo offer, the ticket price would remain the same for six hours. If the customer makes the payment within six hours, the booking gets confirmed. Otherwise, the booking gets cancelled.

(See: IndiGo Allows Flyers to Reserve Tickets Without Any Charges)

Airlines in India this year have come up with many promotional schemes to attract flyers. Low-priced air tickets and other promotional schemes offered by various Indian airlines seem to have had an effect, with the number of passengers flown by them in August growing by over 8.3 per cent compared to July this year, official data showed. The latest figures showed the number of domestic passengers carried by the airlines grew from 52.60 lakh in July to 56.97 lakh in August. (With Agency Inputs)