Amid Election Season, Flight Fares Skyward in JK, Passengers fume

Air vacationers touring to Jammu and Kashmir are going through the tough actuality of hovering flight fares. With elevated demand amidst the election atmosphere and the approaching pageant of Holi, airline corporations have considerably raised their ticket costs, leaving passengers grappling with exorbitant prices.

As per the information company—Kashmir Information Observer (KNO) the affect of this fare surge is especially felt in routes connecting main cities like Jammu to Srinagar and Delhi. Beforehand reasonably priced fares have now doubled, with vacationers shelling out as much as Rs 6,000 for a journey from Jammu to Srinagar, and as much as Rs 8,000 for flights to Delhi.

Regardless of the outcry over escalating fares, authorities have but to take concrete measures to curb this pattern, leaving passengers on the mercy of worth hikes. At Jammu airport, which operates 32 flights day by day to 5 completely different cities, nearly all of flights cater to fashionable routes equivalent to Srinagar and Delhi.

Throughout the interval from March 22 to April 10, the common fare for flights from Jammu to Delhi ranges from Rs 5,800 to Rs 7,500. Nonetheless, with the onset of Holi, these costs skyrocket to between Rs 7,000 and Rs 10,000, putting further pressure on vacationers’ budgets. Equally, flights from Jammu to Ahmedabad are actually priced between Rs 6,000 and Rs 8,000, whereas these to Indore vary from Rs 8,000 to Rs 10,000.

Evaluating costs with February reveals a staggering enhance of three to 4 thousand rupees, highlighting the numerous affect of festival-related fare hikes on vacationers. “With such sharp will increase, the burden falls disproportionately on passengers, underscoring the necessity for regulatory intervention to make sure truthful pricing practices within the aviation sector,” an aggrieved traveller from Srinagar informed KNO—(KNO)