pune airfares to different destinations from the city are on the lower side this yearend compared to previous years prompting many lastminute flyers hailing the departure in trend on the back of probable reluctance to travel by air among some people as well as the prevailing uncertaintiesdivya gangwane from hadapsar was surprised when he checked the airfares from pune to goa recently i just scanned the airfares between pune and goa for december 30 though i have no plans to travel the oneway fare of most airlines was not more than rs6000 despite there being no direct flights when i had travelled to goa during the same time last year the oneway fare was between rs20000 and rs22000 for the lastminute bookings gangwane a working professional saidthe oneway airfare from pune to delhi for december 30 was in the range of rs40004500 on tuesday similarly the cost of a oneway ticket from pune to bengaluru was between rs3500 and rs4500 and that for the punehyderabad sector was in the range of rs35004000 only the punekolkata sector quoted oneway fare between rs6500 and rs7000 for december 30 on tuesdayconfirming the low airfares for the yearend nilesh bhansali the director of travel agents association of pune taap said the travel industry is recovering and more people are travelling but the uncertainty remains there are several regulations like carrying an rtpcr negative report or getting tested at airports so some people are preferring to travel by road or not travelling at allan official of an airline having many flights from pune said airfares are always dynamic and depend on the number of bookings beyond this no comments can be made the official saidsiddharth singh who plans to visit his hometown lucknow early next year said the low airfares were encouraging the oneway ticket from pune to lucknow is around rs4300 this yearend earlier the airfares on this sector would always be over rs5000 i shall wait for a day or two and see if the price goes down further and then book my ticket singh saidanshika d a travel planner with the shree vinayak travels said the recent travel ban to and from the uk and the strict quarantine protocols for those travelling from european and middle east countries were also the reasonsanother factor according to the travel agents was the airlines cancellation and refund policy the process has become complicated some travellers are yet to get refunds in such a scenario they dont want to risk it bhansali said