Air Asia India offers cheap air travel, travel for just Rs 914, Air Asia India offers cheap air travel, travel for just Rs 914

New Delhi : Budget airline AirAsia India on Thursday announced a flash sale with fares starting at Rs 914 (one-way journey including taxes) on various routes across the country. The airline said in a statement that special sale fares are open for advance booking from August 4 to August 6 for travel from September 1, 2021 to March 26, 2022. AirAsia India has offered this flash sale to expand its operations in the domestic market.

According to the airline, the sale has been initiated keeping in mind the findings of the latest AirAsia India Travel Intent Survey including respondents in July 2021, which saw a huge preference for flying as the preferred mode of outstation travel.

The airline also said that the major purpose of travel in the last 3 months was split equally between the resurgence of VFR (Visiting Friends and Relatives) and leisure travel, each contributing 1/3 to the overall travel, while commercial Travel came back in a double-digit contribution. Although still much lower than pre-pandemic levels.

Further, the airline also highlighted that nearly 70 per cent of the respondents mentioned definite plans for travel in the next 3 months, wherein the purpose of travel was dominated by holiday or leisure travel during the festive season.

The primary concerns or confidence drivers for the resurgence in travel are evenly distributed among three external factors – the fall in the number of COVID cases, the easing of government restrictions and vaccinations, the airline said in a statement. Currently, AirAsia India with 30 Airbus A-320 aircraft flies to 17 destinations and over 240 direct and connecting routes across India.