ahmedabad about a fortnight after go first announced the suspension of its flights air fares to destinations serviced by the airline from ahmedabad continue to skyrocket popular tourist destinations including goa kochi kolkata and chandigarh have reported up to 133 rise in air fares leaving travellers and tourists in a tizzy explaining the situation manish sharma chairman travel agents federation of india tafigujarat said airfares to all go first destinations have gone up significantly and peoples vacation plans have been sabotaged many travellers save up throughout the year to plan a summer vacation with their families and due to the abrupt flight cancellations air fares of other carriers on the same sectors have gotten expensive pending refunds to the tune of rs 50 crore are yet to be cleared by go first to travel agents across the state according to tafigujarat estimates historically airlines that abruptly shut operations have not issued refunds refunds cumulatively running into crores remain pending sharma further added air fares have doubled amid high demand and increase in the prices of aviation turbine fuel atf with dynamic pricing in place overall demand has skyrocketed according to industry players with a sizable number of aircraft operated by every other airline remaining grounded due to airbus a320 engine issues there are fewer flights catering to more destinations and as a result the air fares are up many passengers who had connecting flights to international destinations have ended up paying three times the initial fare on their new tickets in fact air fares are generally high and have shot up significantly for june and july as well said another ahmedabadbased travel company owner