{"id":117505,"date":"2024-08-20T01:57:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T01:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/20\/domestic-flyers-increase-despite-higher-airfares-delhi-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-08-20T01:57:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T01:57:13","slug":"domestic-flyers-increase-despite-higher-airfares-delhi-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/20\/domestic-flyers-increase-despite-higher-airfares-delhi-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Domestic Flyers Increase Despite Higher Airfares | Delhi News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"289\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-112638834,width-600,resizemode-4\/112638834.jpg?fit=600,289&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Domestic Flyers Increase Despite Higher Airfares | Delhi News &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"Domestic Flyers Increase Despite Higher Airfares | Delhi News &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: Last month saw almost 1.3 crore <!-- -->passengers<!-- --> flew within in the country, 7.3% more than July 2023, <!-- -->DGCA data<!-- --> showed. The first seven months of this calendar year have seen 9.2 crore <!-- -->domestic flyers<!-- -->, 4.7% more than Jan-July 2023\u2019s 8.8 crore \u2014 in spite of <!-- -->higher airfares<!-- -->. <br \/>Travel industry insiders say domestic airfares are 10-25% higher for the coming festive season.\u201cThis is the lean travel quarter and airlines have come out with sales. But, these sales mostly offer lower fares on flights that do not see much demand,\u201d said Anil Kalsi, VP, Travel Agents Federation of India.<\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>To be sure, India continues to have a very high-cost operating environment for airlines especially due to jet fuel prices. A weaker rupee adds to the equation as significant part of airlines\u2019 costs are dollar-denominated like lease rentals. With two mega airlines, India\u2019s aviation landscape has changed from earlier fight for market share by offering low (often below cost) airfares \u2014 that eventually led to collapse of big airlines like Kingfisher and Jet (GoAir was a different story) \u2014 to now what airlines call \u201cpricing discipline\u201d of not repeating that mistake.<br \/>India now has two well-funded mega airlines \u2014 Tata-backed Air India-led group and IndiGo \u2014 that between them have 91% of domestic market share.<\/div>\n<p><script>\nvar _mfq = window._mfq || [];\n_mfq.push([\"setVariable\", \"toi_titan\", window.location.href]);\n!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };\n    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };\n    function loadSurvicateJs(allowedSurvicateSections = []){\n      const section =  window.location.pathname.split('\/')[1]\n      const isHomePageAllowed = window.location.pathname === '\/' && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('homepage')\n      if(allowedSurvicateSections.includes(section) || isHomePageAllowed){\n        (function(w) {\n         function setAttributes() {\n                    var prime_user_status = window.isPrime ? 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