Christmas-New Year airfares aren't hitting the roof yet

Increase in network and fleet expansion by domestic carriers have resulted in airfares not climbing steeply

Better connectivity and increased capacities have ensured air fares are flying through the roof during the week of Christmas-New Year both in the domestic sectors as well as key international tourism hotspots people throng to during this time of the year.

While domestic sectors like Delhi-Goa, Mumbai-Goa, Delhi-Kochi and Mumbai-Kochi are costly by low single digits to almost 25 per cent, tickets to New York and Washington as London are down by nearly 27 per cent during the forthcoming Christmas-New Year weeks.

International sectors like Bangkok, Dubai and Singapore are however costlier between 20 and 34 per cent during this season, according