Airfares from Gulf countries skyrocket during the holiday season. Mangaluru News – Times of India

Mangaluru: airfare To gulf country increased, thanks holiday season, Fares for some destinations have almost doubled in June and July.
rent for Dammam To Mangaluru, the non-stop flight has gone up to Rs 50,000, the highest among all bay Country. The airspace with the highest traffic from Mangaluru-UAE has seen a huge increase in flight tickets. On normal days, after the pandemic, the price of a two-way ticket was less than Rs 25,000 and the same increased from Rs 35,000 to Rs 40,000. even by rent Bahrain To Mangaluru The flights have crossed Rs 50,000. Vincent Sequeira, an expatriate who has been working in Bahrain for several years, said, “On normal days, a two-way fare was available for 200 BD (Rs 41,000) and it has gone up to 300 BD (Rs 62,000). This is a sharp increase. Is.” ,
According to an aviation geek who goes by the Twitter handle: Travelgeek @geek_ixe, the Muscat-Mangaluru air route is the cheapest in July. “Despite fares exceeding Rs 50,000, Dammam-Mangaluru air tickets are sold for the first two weeks of July. Now is the time for MIA to have more flights to the Gulf. We require at least one daily flight to all Gulf-Mangaluru regions and an additional daily flight to Dubai. Adding to this, we must also connect to unserved destinations like Jeddah and Riyadh,” commented TravelGeek.
The Dubai-Mangaluru route operated by Air India Express is reportedly sold out for the coming days. Air ticket prices for all Gulf regions, except Muscat, are above Rs 25,000 in July. Ayesha Shahazin, an executive at Akbar Travels, Mangaluru, said, “Dubai return tickets were available for as low as Rs 7,000 during the off-season, and have risen to Rs 28,000 in July due to Eid and annual school holidays. ” He said rents are likely to come down from August.
Another travel agent lamented that airlines are looting passengers to make up for the losses incurred during the pandemic.
“The budget air carrier is not budget friendly at all. The flight ticket price from Kuwait to MIA this season is around 340 KD (round trip- approx Rs 86K), which would otherwise cost 130 KD. I have decided to fly to Mumbai via a private air carrier based in Kuwait and then fly to Mangaluru on a domestic flight. I will save around Rs 20,000 (80 KD) per ticket,” said a migrant working in Kuwait.