4th August is the start date. I tried booking tickets on their website: www.goindigo.in and tried booking tickets for the inaugural Delhi-Guwahati flight on Aug 4th. It shows me a fare of INR 999 for both the onward and return flights. Here are the details:
IndiGo Fare Adult Rs. 999 Fri, 04 Aug 06 Flight 6E 201 5:30 AM Depart Delhi 7:45 AM Arrive Guwahati
IndiGo Fare Adult Rs. 999 Sat, 05 Aug 06 Flight 6E 202 11:05 AM Depart Guwahati 1:20 PM Arrive Delhi
One thing to note is that the total taxes charged by Indigo are INR 825, the break-up of which is:
INR 225 - PSF
INR 500 - Fuel surcharge
INR 100 - passenger handling fee
This means that they are charging 100Rs more as compared to other airlines.
P.S. Anyone game to fly and report on their inaugural flight??
Indigo Flight to land on August 4 Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, Jul 29: The management of Goodwill Travels has informed the press that the first Indigo flight will land at Imphal from Delhi on August 4.In a statement, Goodwill Travels said that the senior officials of Indigo who have come to Manipur have confirmed that the first flight of Indigo by an Airbus 320 will be the Delhi-Guwahati-Imphal sector on August 4.The flight will depart from Delhi at 5.30 am and arrive at Imphal at 9.10 am.
Proprietor of Goodwill Travels, AS Pahwa welcomed the Indigo officials and expressed his deep gratitude as it would mean the availability of the cheapest flight in India.
The initial air fare to Guwahati is Rs 599 plus taxes while the fare to Delhi is Rs 1598 plus taxes.
India's airlines business is heading for a major shakeout as large number of private airline employees get set to join IndiGo, the latest venture with its 100-plane plans. IndiGo is potentially the biggest-player to start operations in early August.
“All of a sudden there is lot of excitement. Many of us are considering a shift as the offers are too lucrative to resist,” said a senior engineer of an airline on the current buzz in the job street. Bearing the brunt are smaller airlines managing now with shoestring budgets and wafer-thin margins.
After the Jet-Sahara break up, private airline employees once again find themselves on top of the food chain as IndiGo begins its hiring spree, sweeping up engineers, pilots and support staff in a sector that is critically short of trained personnel.
Ground duty engineers currently earning a monthly salary of Rs 80,000 are being offered Rs 1.30 lakh as monthly compensation, said market sources. IndiGo is making similar offers for other grades.
“We are certainly hiring and will be hiring more in the months ahead,” said IndiGo Chief Executive Officer Bruce Ashby to HT. Denying hiring on premium, he said, "We are only paying market rates."
I dont know about their first flight to the North East, but the internet fares for their Delhi - Pune flight have just dropped even further, on many days it is 1200/- + 825/- = 2025.oo versus the 3k+ levels earlier today.
Other flights/airlines on the same route are running kind of full and at the upper end of the band.
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