The Hindu Business Line : Domestic air fares to go up from Nov 5

New Delhi, Nov. 2 Domestic flights will become more expensive from Monday. Jet Airways, Paramount Airways and the low-cost airline SpiceJet are to raise their fares by Rs 150 to offset the increase in price of aviation turbine fuel. This is the second successive month that the airlines are hiking the fuel surcharge.

State-owned Air India was among those yet to take a final decision on this.

In November, airlines would have to pay Rs 41,417 per kilolitre of fuel uplifted at Delhi, up from Rs 39,767 per kilolitre paid in October. Similarly, this month a kilolitre of ATF in Chennai would cost the airlines Rs 44,988 while they were paying Rs 43,298 for the same quantity of fuel in October.

In a statement, Jet Airways said that from November 5, the fuel surcharge would go up by Rs 150 on all types of fare for travel in business and economy class.

“The surcharge has been necessitated in view of the escalation in ATF prices. The revised fuel surcharge of Rs 1,350 would be applicable on all tickets purchased in the country. For tickets issued abroad, a surcharge of $34 would be applicable on each sector of domestic operations. The surcharge would not apply for tickets sold on or before November 4,” the statement says.

The surcharge, however, would have to be paid if the tickets are presented for any voluntary change on or after November 5, the statement adds.