AirAsia India, SpiceJet Make Discount Offers To Spur Ticket Bookings
While travel demand in December remains strong and airlines continue to see around 380,000 daily passengers, forward bookings are looking weak.
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Aneesh Phadnis |
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SpiceJetlaunched discount schemes on Monday, offering tickets upwards of Rs 1,122. Bookings can be made between December 27 and 31 and the discount is for tickets between January 15 and April 15.
The move is expected to stimulate forward bookings amid the Omicron scare that has led to increased curbs across states. While travel demand in December remains strong and airlines continue to see around 380,000 daily passengers, forward bookings are looking weak. Additionally, airlines are offering waivers in date change and rescheduling fees to provide better travel flexibility to customers.
“We have not seen an impact in December but clearly Omicron is a dampener. With rising cases, people are in a wait-and-watch mode,” said a travel industry executive. Generally, airlines launch such offers for travel beginning February or March when demand gets weak, but this time around forward bookings are slow given Covid-19 uncertainties, he added.
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First Published: Mon, December 27 2021. 19:06 IST
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