Flight fares to TN districts skyrocket
Venkadesan.S@timesofindia.com 11.10.2024
With the three-day weekend ahead, flight fares to Madurai, Salem, Coimbatore, and Tuticorin from Chennai rose threefold on Thursday. Many passengers preferred flights over train journeys to reach their hometowns earlier. As many as eight flights are being operated to Coimbatore daily by Indigo and Air India, and the fare would normally be around ₹3,500. However, on Thursday, the ticket price soared to ₹11,000. “If one books a ticket at the last minute, it will be around ₹6,000, but it was double on Thursday,” said Kishore K, who travels by air to Coimbatore.
Similarly, flight fares to Madurai surged from ₹4,200 to ₹18,000 on Thursday. This is despite seven flights being operated between the two cities. Flight tickets to Trichy spiked from ₹3,000 to ₹7,000, and tickets to Salem cost up to ₹10,000. Flight tickets cost ₹12,000 to Tuticorin, while the average fare is around ₹5,000. Apart from those going to their hometowns, people visiting tourist spots such as Courtallam, Ooty, Kodaikanal, Yercaud and Kanyakumari preferred flights to reach there quickly to spend the long weekend, resulting in the surging of ticket fares. Despite the high fares, there was a huge rush of air passengers.
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