UAE-India airfares soar ahead of Eid holidays
Abu Dhabi- Kozhikode non-stop flight for the fare is Rs 33,400 while the same sector in Air India is Rs 40, 200.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia have announced five to seven days of Eid holidays beginning on April 30.
Non-resident Indians (NRIs) who are planning to fly down and celebrate the festival that will have their families back home with Ramzan at the end of the month are jacked up by airline companies. “I think the aviation industry has been hit by a loss to compensate for the COVID-19 pandemic when it is incurred,” said Mohammed Hashim who is based in Sharjah.
The one-way economy class ticket in Dubai / Abu Dhabi- Kochi / Kozhikode / Thiruvananthapuram sectors is below Rs 20,000. But now a ticket is sold in the range between Rs 40,000 and Rs 75,000. The rates are high on April 29 and 30.
Dubai-based Emirates, one of the two flag carriers of the UAE, has priced the Dubai – Kochi economy class ticket at Rs 59,958.54 and Rs 72,406 on April 29 and 30. The business class is priced at Rs 95,850 and up. That is the first class of Rs.
Even the low-cost airline, Air Arabia is charging Rs 47,376 on an economy class ticket from Sharjah to Kochi on April 29. The price is Rs 37,435 in the same sector, the next day.
The tariffs for the Dubai- Thiruvananthapuram economy class ticket are Emirates at Rs 50,829 and Rs 71,161 on April 28 and April 29 respectively.
Abu Dhabi- Kozhikode non-stop flight for the fare is Rs 33,400 while the same sector in Air India is Rs 40, 200.
On Friday, no direct flights are available between Dubai and Kozhikode on Air India. An available eight-hour-long flight via Mumbai is priced at Rs 1.7 lakh.
Etihad Airways, the second flag carrier airline in the UAE, is offering flight tickets at Abu Dhabi – Kochi flight sector at Rs 46,600 on April 29. However, the asking price is Rs 38,400 till May 4.
IndiGo in the Jeddah – Kozhikode flight for economy class fares are Rs 48,416 and Rs 42,166 on April 29 and April 30 respectively. Air India Express in the Riyadh- Kozhikode sector for the tariff is Rs 40,00 and Rs 35, 275 on April 29 and April 30 respectively.
Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah, Ajman, and Umm Al Quwain reported on a four-day visit to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom of Private and Non-Profit Sectors for Eid Al-Fitr Holidays.
