Mumbai: Airfares for year-end domestic travel from Mumbai are sky-high, but largely only to leisure destinations such as Srinagar, Dehradun, Cochin, Port Blair, and such. Fares for travel in the last week of December on non-stop flights between metros such as those from Mumbai to Delhi, Chennai, and Bengaluru aren’t that high this time around, as the cheapest return fares are still priced between Rs 9,000 and 13,000. The last weekend of the year, comprising Dec 28 (Saturday), and Dec 29, are particularly high in demand for travel out of metros with the most expensive fares.
Even on the Mumbai-Kolkata route, which typically sees perennially high fares priced at around Rs 10,000 for one-way travel, is currently selling at Rs 17,000,…
