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Summer Travel To Burn A Hole In Your Pocket! Lesser Domestic Flights Lead To Soaring Of Ticket Prices

by Shreya Ghosh
Summer Travel To Burn A Hole In Your Pocket! Lesser Domestic Flights Lead To Soaring Of Ticket Prices

The summer season is already here and with this travel enthusiasts are planning to go on vacations and explore new destinations. But travel plans might take a turn for many. There is a chance domestic air tickets may witness a surge in the coming summer vacation weeks. The cost of flight tickets is already high and this additional hike can turn out to be trouble for many people. If you are wondering the reason behind the sudden rise in domestic flight ticket prices, here are the reasons.

Here’s Why Domestic Flight Tickets Might Increase!

Domestic Flight
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We are all aware of the increase in oil prices. Oil prices have increased exponentially leading to a hike in flight tickets, be it domestic or international. And amid all these, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation(DGCA) stated that airlines have decided to operate lesser flights during the summer season. The number of domestic flights will be less than that of the last year. The reasons behind taking this decision are not just due to extremely expensive oil prices but also the very restricted capacity of many airports.

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According to a report by CNBC, many Indian airlines have already boosted the number of domestic flights by 4.4 per cent. The number of weekly domestic flights for the next summer holiday season has increased to 22,907. This number is 9.5 cent lesser than the total domestic flights operated in the summer season of 2022. In the last year, 25,309 domestic weekly flights were operated.

DGCA Has Approved These Numbers Of Weekly Flights From Different Airlines

The aviation regulator has already provided the approval for the domestic flights for this summer season. Here are the number of weekly flights to be operated by several Indian airlines, as reported by News 18:

  • IndiGo will be running 11,465 flights weekly.
  • SpiceJet will be operating 2,240 weekly flights.
  • The number of weekly flights to be operated by Air India is 2,178.
  • For Go Air, the number of weekly flights will be 1,538.
  • Akasa Air will be running 751 weekly flights.

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What are your plans for this summer vacation? So are you going to catch a domestic flight this summer holiday season?

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