BS REPORTER

Mumbai, 15 July
In a three-day discount sale
beginning Thursday, low-cost
airlines such as GoAir, IndiGo
and SpiceJet have dropped
fares. Discounted tickets start-
ing from ~1,699 (IndiGo) and
~1,999 (SpiceJet) are available
for travel from August 18 till
September end. This would be
SpiceJets second discount
offer within a week.
August and
September are low season for
air travel and average load fac-
tors of all airlines were about 75
per cent and 68 per cent last
year. The sale will help the air-
lines push up advance
bookings as
flights typi-
cally get
filled up 10 days before date.
Low cost carriers have started
three day sale on flights across
sectors aimed at boosting trav-
el during the lean season
between long weekends
(August 15-18)
and October
(2-5),: said Sharat
Dhall, president
Yatra.com.
With popular
destinations such
as Goa, Guwahati, Port
Blair, Dharamshala,
Udaipur, Thiruvanantha-
puram and Kochi being served
under these promotions, we
expect travellers to make use of
this limited-period offer.
Travellers can receive discounts
ranging from 50-80 per cent
depending on the
sector. There is
good news for
international
travellers too. SpiceJet has
announced introductory
fares to Kathmandu from
Bagdogra and Kolkata starting
August 13 for the first 1,000
seats on a first come-first served
basis, Rajesh Magow, co-
founder & chief executive offi-
cer, India, MakeMyTrip said.
Low-cost airlines drop
fares in monsoon sale
SPEND LESS, FLY MORE
Destination Spot fare (~) Airfare after %
(15 July) discount (~) change
Delhi- Goa 8,599 3,424 60%
Mumbai- Guwahati 15,528 3,999 74%
Delhi- Guwahati 15,601 3,424 78%
Mumbai- Port Blair 11,157 3,999 64%
Delhi- Port Blair 19,764 4,199 78%
Mumbai- Udaipur 6,193 2,924 52%
Mumbai- Goa 4,166 1,923 53%
Mumbai- Delhi 7,226 2,924 59%
Delhi-Bangalore 12,166 3,424 71%
Delhi- Chennai 11,148 3,499 68%
Source - MakeMyTrip
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BS REPORTER
Chennai, 15 July
The Kalanithi Maran-run
SpiceJet Airlines has selected
GEs Flight Efficiency Services
(FES) to support its fleet of 52
Boeing 737 and Bombardier
Q400 aircraft.
According to official release,
GE will provide flight data ana-
lytics and fuel management to
optimise the airlines opera-
tional efficiency with the goal
of substantially reducing fuel
expenses for the airline.
India has among the highest
jet fuel prices in the world, said
Alan Caslavka, president of
Avionics & Digital Systems for GE
Aviation. We are excited about
the partnership with SpiceJet
and look forward to working with
them to realise substantial sav-
ings. Deliveries for the program
will begin in late July 2014.
GEs flight efficiency servic-
es, a fuel efficiency manage-
ment software, is used by a large
number of the leading airlines
worldwide.
SpiceJet to
use GEs fuel
efficiency
service