Few days of downpour in Kashmir—coupled with hiccups in traffic movement on the Srinagar-Jammu highway—have again resulted in manifold increase in airfares to the state’s summer capital, with air travel from New Delhi to Srinagar costing around Rs 12,000 to Rs 20,000 per-head.
As per the data, the air fare in the Delhi-Srinagar sector—before the weather turned inclement in the Valley—was around Rs 3,000 to Rs 7,000 per-head. And this has—for the past few days—seen a 200 percent jump, giving tough time to intending flyers on the Srinagar-Delhi sector.
The air fares gathered by Greater Kashmir from official websites of several airlines reveal that it is the following for Delhi-Srinagar on March 18: Jet Airways Rs 15,359, Air India Rs 17.131, Go Air Rs 15,628, SpicejetRs 17,646 and Indigo Rs 14,880.
The skyrocketing airfares—a phenomenon often witnessed in the wake of bad weather in Kashmir and the consequent closure of the Srinagar-Jammu highway— have infuriated passengers as well as the Valley-based tourism players who call the “arbitrary increase in rates as a deliberate ploy by the airlines to mint money keeping in view the geographical disadvantage for people of Kashmir.”
18/03/16 Mukeet Akmali/Greater Kashmir
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As per the data, the air fare in the Delhi-Srinagar sector—before the weather turned inclement in the Valley—was around Rs 3,000 to Rs 7,000 per-head. And this has—for the past few days—seen a 200 percent jump, giving tough time to intending flyers on the Srinagar-Delhi sector.
The air fares gathered by Greater Kashmir from official websites of several airlines reveal that it is the following for Delhi-Srinagar on March 18: Jet Airways Rs 15,359, Air India Rs 17.131, Go Air Rs 15,628, SpicejetRs 17,646 and Indigo Rs 14,880.
The skyrocketing airfares—a phenomenon often witnessed in the wake of bad weather in Kashmir and the consequent closure of the Srinagar-Jammu highway— have infuriated passengers as well as the Valley-based tourism players who call the “arbitrary increase in rates as a deliberate ploy by the airlines to mint money keeping in view the geographical disadvantage for people of Kashmir.”
18/03/16 Mukeet Akmali/Greater Kashmir
