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Airfares soar due to smog, shut runway

Fares on incoming evening flights from Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad for Wednesday and Thursday are skyrocketing

The plane of Britain's Prince Charles in surrounded by smog at Air Force Station Palam in New Delhi on Wednesday. Photo: PTI
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The plane of Britain's Prince Charles in surrounded by smog at Air Force Station Palam in New Delhi on Wednesday. Photo: PTI

Arindam Majumdar New Delhi
Smog in the national capital, coupled with a runway closure at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, threw flight schedules haywire on Wednesday, too. Fares have also surged as there has been an increase in the number of people trying to move out of the city. Air travel data shared by an online travel portal for the next few days summed up the mood. Fares on incoming evening flights from Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad for Wednesday and Thursday are skyrocketing, with one-way fares running beyond Rs 25,000. Thursday evening flights from Bengaluru and Mumbai are costlier at around Rs 27,000.

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