presenting the 201112 budget in the lok sabha the union finance minister also proposed to tax the travel by higher classes on the domestic sector at the standard rate of 10 with this the tax on economy class domestic travel would stand at rs 150 instead of the current rs 100 and rs 750 as against rs 500 for international travel domestic travel on business or high class would attract a flat service tax of 10 of the fare this would bring domestic air travel at par with international journeys by the same classes the hike in service tax on air travel would be effective from april 1at present there are 11 flights operating from the chandigarh airport to various domestic destinations prominent among those are delhi mumbai banglore and srinagar jet airways kingfisher airlines air india and indigo fly from the local airport but with the proposal only the business class will have to shell out more money than those travelling in the economy class with the proposed hike passengers travelling from chandigarh to new delhi in business class will have to pay around rs 7700 approximately instead of the present fare of around rs 7000similarly travelling in business class from chandigarh to mumbai will cost around rs 20500 instead of the present rate of around rs 18000 those travelling from chandigarh to banglore will have to pay approximately rs 17000 instead of the around rs 15000 those travelling to srinangar in business class will have to shell out rs 700 extra as compared to the present fare of around rs 7000however those travelling in economy class would not be affected much from the proposed hike at present about 1500 to 2000 fliers travel everyday