NEW DELHI : It is raining discounts for air travellers in India with airlines coming up with new schemes every week. After budget carrier SpiceJet extended its discounted ticket scheme by two more days on Friday, now Jet Airways has introduced a new scheme.
Jet Airways is offering up to 44 per cent off on premiere fares for flights within India.
Under this scheme, the tickets must be purchased between January 31 and February 2, while the travel should commence after February 4. The offer is the fifth in series from the Mumbai-headquartered airline in this year so far.
Earlier in the week, Jet Airways had introduced all-inclusive to-and-fro tickets on certain routes, starting Rs 4,459.This Jet Airways offer is valid for return journey in economy for travel on or before March 31. However the tickets must be purchased a minimum of 30 days prior departure.
SpiceJet on Tuesday had put on the block half a million seats with ticket prices starting at Rs 1,499 under a limited period promotional offer. The airline later on Friday had extended its discounted ticket scheme by two more days.
January so far has seen numerous discount offers on fares by airlines. January-March and July-September quarters of the fiscal are traditionally low travel demand period in the country. So airlines roll out such discount fare schemes to woo customers and fill the seats.