Flyers rush to book tickets as fares rise
Airlines like Air India, IndiGo, and Akasa Air announced fuel surcharge on both domestic and international flights, spiking airfares on all circuits and forcing many into panic booking of tickets for their future travel plans, reports Joy Sengupta. A travel firm representative told TOI, that air fares should drop when oil prices also drop.
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Businessmen always take advantage of the situation. Sometimes, it is OK, but not always; there is a word called ‘humanity’. Don’t know when they are going to understand the meaning of it.Read allPost comment
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