Hurry! Air Asia offers tickets at Rs 380, Indigo joins the fare war

New Delhi, Nov 14: In order to fill up vacant seats, especially during the lean seasons, Indian Airlines keep on offering low fares throughout the year.

After AirAsia India joined the domestic fare war launching a week-long sale offer, now Indigo has announced special fares starting as low as Rs 1,647 (all-inclusive).

Indigo got into this fare war after rival Jet Airways announced economy class travel within India on selected destinations at Rs 1,973 (all-inclusive). Tickets for this special offer can be booked till March 31, 2015 and should be purchased at least 90 days prior to departure.

Currently, AirAsia India is also offering promotional tickets starting as low as Rs 380 (all-inclusive) on travel dates between June 10, 2015 and January 17, 2016. The booking for this AirAsia offer is open till November 16 , 2014.

To avail this offer on Indigo one needs to buy tickets at least 90 days prior to departure.

The move came as part of its Malaysian parent company AirAsia presenting a 'Big Sale' with three million promotional seats on its network from Kuala Lumpur, with a starting fare of Rs 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 Rs 699 for flights from Bengaluru to Chennai, Kochi, Goa, Jaipur and Chandigarh and vice versa. The Malaysian parent company's offer of Rs 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 tonight till November 16, for travel period from June 10 next year to January 17, 2016, it said.

AirAsia India CEO Mittu Chandilya said "it is our constant endeavor 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."

(With inputs from agencies)

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