<Yes, one can get really cheap flights. Sometimes it doesn't make sense what you're paying for the distance. I'm flying to Calcutta by Indigo, from Goa via Hyderabad and the fare is Rs. 2,700. Leave Goa at 1750 pm, one hour wait in Hyderabad and then to Calcutta arriving 1020 pm. Later to Guwahati by Kingfisher airlines, flight time 1 hr 15 min Rs. 2550/-. Does this make sense?Ana Maria de Souza-Goswami >
You are comparing the four and a half hour journey (including 1 hour stop at Hyderabad) for Rs 2,700 with the 1 hr 15 min flight for Rs 2550, right? The explanation is that an airline seat is a perishable commodity. Once the plane takes off an empty seat is worthless. So airlines try to get whatever price they can to fill that seat. Seats are priced low well in advance. But closer to the day of the flight the fares usually go up. In your case maybe they didnt go up by much on the Goa-HYD-KOL route. Maybe its unfamiliar to travelers and they want to keep it low at "introductory" levels. I gather that Deccan also has a Goa-HYD flight. Maybe Vijay Mallya doesnt let it undercut (aka "predatory pricing"!) like before he brought it into the Kingfisher fold. Happy landings.