New Delhi, October 16, 2021: The Festive Season and easing of travel restrictions/protocols has created a significant surge in travel demand from India, and we have witnessed a noteworthy uptick in flight bookings especially from Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Delhi and Kolkata for the Dussehra-Navratri-Durga Pujo extended weekend. Coupled with the strong demand, the current constraint of limited supply/capacity has created a spike in air fares: of approx. 30% to Maldives and 10% to Turkey. With exciting opportunities/events like Expo 2020 and the cricket fixtures of IPL and the T2T0 World Cup creating a further boost to demand, airfares to/from Dubai have increased by over 35%.
With the allure of the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) and the Christmas-Year end vacation period, Dubai heads the list of favoured flight routes for us, with a continuum of appetite Egypt, Russia, Switzerland and France; UK appearing strongly on the radar with positive announcements on vaccine acceptance and no-quarantine.
Corporate Comm India (CCI Newswire)
