Mumbai, November 8: Airfares of Mumbai-Delhi flight surged to Rs 24,000 and going up to Rs 29,000 for a nonstop flight between the two metro cities. If you are planning to book last minute tickets either for Wednesday or Thursday, you will have to think twice as it will cost a huge sum of money to cover the two-hour journey. The sudden hike in the price is due to the closure of one of Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) Airport’s three runways for maintenance till 10 am on Friday.
According to a TOI report, due to the closure of one runway, airlines had to cancel over 300 flights that were scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday. The airlines then had to book passengers of these flights on the few flights that are operating. Due to thi, chances of availability of seats are just negligible! Therefore, prices have suddenly gone up for the few seats, if any, are left on most flights to and from Delhi on Wednesday and Thursday.
Airlines and travel portals offered Mumbai-Delhi flight tickets costing between Rs 15,500-Rs 25,000 while that of Delhi-Mumbai ticket on Tuesday afternoon for a direct flight on Thursday costs between Rs 19,600 and Rs 29,000. When the prices were checked on Tuesday, a one-way ticket on Mumbai-Delhi route for a flight on Wednesday was starting at Rs 24,000 and went up to Rs 29,000 for a nonstop. A quick look at MakeMyTrip offered Mumbai-Delhi flight ticket for Rs 21191 for Wednesday whereas a glance at Ixigo- travel search marketplace offered most of the Mumbai-Delhi flight tickets above Rs 25,000 for Wednesday. While the flying time between Delhi and Mumbai is under two hours, the connecting flights have a total travel time of over five hours.
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