chennai the low fares introduced by airlines to boost travel during lean season after the republic day long weekend have come as an advantage for travellers who are planning short getaways during the good friday long weekend and summer holidays air fares which were high for travel during weekends and on days close to the begining of summer holidays in the last week of march and first week of april have come down because of the discounts currently on offer by airlinesthe fourday sale by spicejet starting at 769 was open till midnight on 25 january for a travel period lasting upto december and for destinations like jammusrinagar silcharguwahati dehradundelhi delhi jaipur agartalaguwahati coimbatorebengaluru kochibengaluru and delhidehradun meanwhile goair had fares starting as low as 726 to 3926 inclusive of taxes for travel till december yatracoms chief operating officer sharat dhall said major carriers have announced sales to steer bookings for the numerous long weekends over the next few months hence this is an opportune moment for travelers planning breaks during holi good friday and others thanks to a dip in fares to delhi more people are interested in travelling to destinations in the north with adventure tourism catching up among metro folk we have seen an upswing in bookings for destinations like rishikesh and coorg he added the new set of low fares has brought down the minimum fare slab on all routes an airline official said thailand dubai indonesia and sri lanka are alltime favorites for short foreign getaways the offers have made the chennaicolombo route popular as spicejet has introduced fares starting from 2469