mumbai the scorching domestic airfares of may and early june have made way for cheaper fares what with the southwest monsoon winds sweeping across the indian heartland heralding the start of the lean air travel seasonthough indias daily domestic passenger traffic hasnt dropped drastically and is still over 4 lakh a change in the demandsupply equation is apparent as domestic fares have cooled considerablythe most notorious of them all the 24hour advance purchase airfare to fly from delhi to mumbai has also taken a mighty fall in the last week of may and early june the cheapest fare available for travel from delhi to mumbai for travel the next day began around rs 19000 for a oneway nonstop flight the delhidubai fare was cheaper at rs 14000 after the ministry of civil aviation intervened fare on that route dropped to rs 18000 and a week later to rs 14000 on thursday the cheapest delhimumbai ticket was priced at rs 4500 for travel the next day lastminute fares are down on other routes too for instance after a long time a 24hour advance purchase ticket from mumbai to kochi oneway on a nonstop flight is priced at rs 4000 last month the cheapest tickets on this route began at rs 20000after gofirst suspended flights in early maythe airline was cleared to operate 1538 flights per weekairfares on certain domestic routes began climbing till they reached unprecedented levels in the last week of may and early june airfares on flights to leh and srinagar climbed the most as go first was a popular choice for tourists flying to these destinations the cheapest delhileh oneway ticket on a nonstop flight is currently priced at rs 15000 last month it was around rs 23000 lastminute fares to destinations such as ranchi remain high though for instance the cheapest mumbairanchi return ticket for travel on friday and return next week is priced at rs 16000 but for travel down the line in midjuly the fare goes down to rs 10300among the airlines that have added flights to take on go firsts traffic is indigo