BackAirAsia India joins fare war, offers one-way ticket at Rs699
Move comes as part of parent firm presenting offer with 3 million promotional seats on its network from Kuala Lumpur
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New Delhi: AirAsia India on Sunday joined the domestic fare war, launching a week-long sale offer for its entire network with one-way tickets with prices as low as 699, including taxes.
The move came as part of its Malaysian parent company AirAsia Bhd presenting a ‘Big Sale’ with 3 million promotional seats on its network from Kuala Lumpur, with a starting fare of 2,599 for international flights operated by AirAsia Berhad and Thai AirAsia, the airline said in a release.
The Indian carrier is offering “an all-inclusive one way fare" starting from as low as 699 for flights from Bengaluru to Chennai, Kochi, Goa, Jaipur and Chandigarh and vice-versa". The Malaysian parent company’s offer of 2,599 would be available on flights from Chennai, Kochi, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Tiruchirappalli and Hyderabad to Kuala Lumpur operated by AirAsia Berhad and Chennai to Bangkok flown by Thai AirAsia, the release said.
The tickets can be booked on Airasia’s website from Sunday night till 16 November, for the travel period from 10 June next year to 17 January 2016, it said. AirAsia India chief executive officer (CEO) Mittu Chandilya said, “It is our constant endeavour to make air travel affordable for every Indian."He said the Big Sale offer would “allow our guests to plan their travel early with extremely low fares".
All Indian airlines have been competing with each other to fill up vacant seats, especially during the lean seasons, by offering low fares throughout the year.
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