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Spicejet cheaper Airfare than train tickets
The price war is back in Indian skies, much to the delight of air travellers. Low-cost carrier SpiceJet has launched another discount offer with fares starting at Rs 599 (all inclusive) for domestic flights and Rs 3,499 for international flights. As many as 4 lakh seats are being offered, of which 1 lakh are for Rs 599, a press release from the company said.
Spicejet server crashes on booking rush
The price war is back in Indian skies, much to the delight of air travellers. Low-cost carrier SpiceJet has launched another discount offer with fares starting at Rs 599 (all inclusive) for domestic flights and Rs 3,499 for international flights. As many as 4 lakh seats are being offered, of which 1 lakh are for Rs 599, a press release from the company said.
The offer is available for booking during February 11 to 13 and for travel from July 1 to October 24. It is applicable for international flights, except Colombo, Kabul and Dubai-Ahmedabad-Dubai sectors. Under this offer, tickets on routes like Hyderabad to Vijayawada, Delhi to Dehradun, Guwahati to Kolkata, Ahmedabad to Mumbai, and Bengaluru to Hyderabad are all priced at Rs 599.
The fares for international flights start as low as Rs 3,499 all inclusive for Delhi to Kathmandu, with discounted fares available on most other international routes too. “We are thrilled to continue to make air travel more affordable and accessible for more Indians than ever before, with our new unbelievable offer: the ‘Cheaper Than Train Fares’ sale.
Fares for this offer are lower than AC train fares on many routes, and cheaper than non-AC sleeper class trains on several routes,” chief commercial officer Kaneswaran Avili. The company has also said that these are seats that would otherwise go empty during a lean season.
“At SpiceJet we believe that flying empty seats, which are the ultimate perishable commodity, is a crime,” said chief operating officer Sanjiv Kapoor said. This is the fourth discount sale by the company after it received the DGCA’s permission to resume advance booking last month. However, the low price that triggered a rush of bookings in the SpiceJet Web site resulted in a server crash.
Many people could not access the site due to heavy online traffic. Twitter was abuzz with confused and hassled comments by people who could not make bookings from the SpiceJet site. Meanwhile, SpiceJet said that the server problems were due to the heavy online traffic and they were working to rectify the issue.
