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Covid-19 crisis: Delhi-Patna most booked as flights prepare to resume ops

MakeMyTrip and a host of other companies in the travel and hospitality industry took a "safety pledge" to maintain high hygiene standards, and follow new protocols to ensure safety and sanitisation

Airlines to follow ticket price rules as domestic flights begin from May 25

Airlines will be allowed to resume about a third of their operations from Monday, within rules that include no meals on board, temperature checks for all passengers

Coronavirus: Airfares to China, Italy drop by 20-30%, says Yatra.com

The online travel agency Yatra.com has claimed that airfares to Southeast Asia and Italy have dropped by 20-30 percent in the backdrop of coronavirus.The travel agency also said that there is a hike in enquires with respect to domestic destinations including Andaman & Nicobar, Goa, and cities in North-East."Southeast Asia and Italy being one of the most preferred destinations for Indians, we can anticipate a drop of about 20-25 percent in terms of future bookings, though it is too early to predict any drastic impact. They are wary of making fresh bookings to the affected locations and airfares to these destinations have dropped by 20-30 percent," Sabina Chopra, Co-Founder, Yatra.com said in a statement."Travelers are now looking at alternate foreign destinations from India, such as Sri Lanka and Bhutan for summer travel. There is a hike in enquires to domestic destinations such as Andaman & Nicobar, Goa, Ujjain, North-east cities among others," she said.Chopra said that ...

Civil aviation minister directs setting up mechanism to monitor airfare

He, however, said the government currently does not have any intention to regularise the fares

Domestic airfares get 9-15% cheaper on increase in flights and competition

Significant capacity addition by airlines may prove a deterrent despite increase in fuel price