At a base fare of Rs. 150, Know About India’s Cheapest Flight
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A 50-minute flight from Lilabari to Tezpur can be booked for Rs. 150 base fare. This base fare makes this flight India’s cheapest flight. Besides this route, there are many more flights where the base ticket price is less than Rs 1,000. All of them are operated under the regional air connectivity scheme that provides various incentives for the airline operators.
According to an analysis shared by travel portal ixigo with PTI, there are at least 22 routes where the base airfares are less than Rs 1,000 per person, with the lowest being Rs 150 for flights connecting Lilabari and Tezpur in Assam.
The cheapest one way base fare is Rs 150 for a flight to and from Lilabari to Tezpur (Assam). The flight is operated by Alliance Air, however while booking a ticket, there will be addition of convenience charge to the base fare.
Broadly, the duration of the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) flights on these routes is around 50 minutes.
Most of these air routes where the base airfares range between Rs 150 and Rs 199 per person are in the North East. There are also routes in the South like Bangalore-Salem, Cochin-Salem where the base ticket prices are in the similar range, as per the analysis.
Another surprisingly cheap base fare flight is between Guwahati and Shillong at a base fare of Rs. 400.
For Imphal-Aizawl, Dimapur-Shillong and Shillong-Lilabari flights, the airfare is Rs 500. In the case of Bangalore-Salem flight, the base ticket price is Rs 525.
The analysis showed that the base airfare for Guwahati-Pasighat flight is Rs 999 and it is Rs 954 for Lilabari-Guwahati route.
These are among the routes where there is a low demand and there are alternative transport options to travel to these places in about five hours, said an industry executive.
As many as 559 routes have been operationalised under the RCS also known as UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) till March 31, 2024, as per the latest update from the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
Lilabari to Tezpur flight, India’s cheapest flight and for other RCS flights, various incentives are extended by the central government, state governments and airport operators. Among others, there are no landing or parking charges for these flights.
The civil aviation ministry launched UDAN on October 21, 2016, with an aim to stimulate regional air connectivity and make air travel more affordable.
