Will people stop flying? Will growth slow?
Jaya Singh is very worried. The media executive’s travel bills are shooting up on a monthly basis as airline companies, reeling under the effect of high fuel prices, passing on the burden to the flyers.
This month, too, consequent to a near 10% revision in the prices of aviation turbine fuel (ATF), airlines are hiking fuel surcharges. And this is pinching people like Jaya, who used to fly only for official purposes in the pre Air Deccan era.
“Inflation is a fact of life now. And people have made up their minds to travel by air. Otherwise you wouldn’t see so much growth out of tier two or tier three towns. Places like Indore are seeing huge growth. Travellers would love low fares but they do understand that not much can be done.” Full Article

















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