Best deals offered by Jet Konnect

The state of the world’s economy seems to be heading for an all-time low in recent times, causing an increase in the cost of practically everything around us, including airfare. This is certainly not good news for recent retirees who are planning to spend their leisure time traveling to different parts of the world. With the current prices of regular airplane tickets these times, it won’t be long before you drain out your retirement fund. Fortunately, there are many travel companies that offer cheap air travel for seniors in their packages.

Some people would automatically assume that when talking about cheap air travel for seniors, this means flying in economy seats with mediocre food and service. Because of this idea, a lot of people would just grit their teeth and pay for regular tickets, even if they have to stretch their budget in order to accommodate the expenses. However, discount air travel is not always tantamount to poor conditions. In fact, you can still enjoy a little class while paying just a fraction of the normal costs.

It is actually quite easy to locate cheap air travel for seniors. All you have to do is to learn a few tricks and know the right places to begin your search. For instance, did you know that by moving your departure date from a weekend to a Wednesday or a Tuesday, you can save a considerable amount of money on your flight. You should also keep your eyes peeled for the promos and special deals that many companies and airlines offer regularly.

You can also save a nice sum of money by hiring a travel agent to do the searching for cheap senior travel. You will have to pay a fee for their services, but most travel agents are very good at what they do and they have hundreds of contacts who can give you inside information on the best deals as offered by Kingfisher Red online booking and Jet Konnect to the destination of your choice. Don’t be afraid to ask them for a lower quotation, particularly if their initial offer is too expensive in your opinion.

Jet Konnect had reduced air fares to cover it’s losses during five-day pilots strike

Air India Express Domestic had reduced its fares by 20-46 per cent up to September 18, on seven routes, including Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Hyderabad, Delhi-Chennai and Mumbai-Nagpur. The decision to cut fares followed by Jet Airways and Jet konnect fare cut till September 18.

Jet Airways, which lost nearly Rs 60-crore business to competition during the five-day pilots strike, had slashed economy ticket prices by a flat 50 per cent till September 18 on its flagship airline as well as Jet Konnect flights.

Jet Konnect New Low Cost Airlines

The country’s second largest private carrier Jet Airways, which is planning to replace its off-peak hour flights on metro routes by its low-fare service to contain losses, will add six more B-737 aircraft to its no-frill Jet Konnect network.

In the next 2-3 months we will replace off-peak hour full-fare flights by Jet Konnect, Jet Airways official asking not to be named said. He said this is largely because there is very little demand for business class even on busier metro routes.

Jet Konnect currently operates 130 flights across the country with a fleet size of 11 B737s. These six more aircraft being diverted from its full fare service to Jet Konnect will take the fleet size to 17. Jet Airways has seen a 20-25 percent increased load on flights operated by Jet Konnect, even though its yield has fallen by about 10 percent. Jet is planning to introduce all-economy Jet Konnect flight even on the country’s busiest Delhi-Mumbai route.

Despite the drop in yield, revenues are on the positive side, another company official, who also did not wish to be identified, said.

The airfare gap between a full-service and a budget airline has widened again to 30-35 percent level, following a sharp fall in jetfuel price. This has led to air-travellers moving away from full-fare to low-cost carriers.Incidentally, the two major budget carriers IndiGo and SpiceJet have significantly improved their market share in the past one year.

The combined market share of the two airlines increased to 26.2 percent in August this year from 18.8 percent in the corresponding month last year. All the full-service carriers are now focusing on no-frill air service. While Kingfisher Airlines has shifted about 65 percent of its capacity to Kingfisher Red, Air India is gearing up to launch its budget airline Air India Express in the domestic market.

Corporate travellers have moved to economy class since the downturn in the economy, the Jet official said. He highlighted that companies had also cut down their travel budgets. Now, even the government had embarked on a major austerity drive and has asked officials to travel only economy class. “The market is clearly moving towards low-cost air travel, he said