mumbai day one of opening of domestic air travel bookings from may 25 saw a tepid response from passengers and tickets for most routes were available throughout the day at reasonable fares the fares are capped and so there wont be any exorbitantly high rates for the next three months till august 24 but it is the second air fare norm put out by the government that works as an indicator of salesaccording to the new rules airlines have to sell 40 seats at a fare that is lower than the midpoint of the fare band for instance on the mumbaidelhi route fare is capped between rs 3500 and rs 10000 and the midpoint is rs 6700 the fares do not include taxes and fees such as passenger development fee and gston friday evening almost 24 hours after bookings for may flights were open prior to that tickets for travel from june 1 were only available the cheapest mumbaidelhi ticket for travel on may 25 was priced at rs 6300 taxes included for a 530am air india flight more on covid19coronavirus pandemic complete coveragelockdown 30 whats allowed and whats not in the three zonesits time to mask up and stay safe join tois maskindia campaignmhas guidelines for home isolationtrust the newspaper for your daily verified newssince passengers have to reach airport at least two hours before departure an early morning flight would have now fallen in favour one could also buy an 840 am airasia flight for rs 7400 which is a fare just above the midrange since it includes taxes the mumbaidelhi flights that crossed the rs 10000 mark were those that departed between 630 am onwards in the morninghad the demand been high most morning departures would have sold out and late evening departures would have touched the rs 10000 mark if the fares havent crossed the midpoint band it means less than 40 tickets have been sold on that particular flight said a travel agent travel portals though said they had received an overwhelming response on nearly all metro routesdhruv shringi of yatracom said bookings today are trending at 40 of precovid levels with the capping of air fares we hope bookings to increase further