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IndiGo Airlines has drastically cut its flights ticket prices for Mahakumbh, after which flights from many cities to Prayagraj have become cheaper. In Mahakumbh 2025, crores of devotees are praying with reverence. Not only the country but from all over the world people are reaching Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh. There is a lot of discussion about Mahakumbh for the last few days.
IndiGo makes Prayagraj’s air ticket cheaper
There was a huge bounce in the air fares of Prayagraj (Delhi-Mumbai to Prayagraj) from other cities including Delhi-Mumbai. But to give relief to pilgrims, the government has asked the airline companies to rationalize the high ticket prices of these routes. It has a major impact and IndiGo has made flight tickets cheaper for Prayagraj. It is now expected that more airlines can take steps to reduce their ticket prices in this order.
30-50% reduction in ticket prices
The Ministry of Civil Aviation on Wednesday asked the airlines to maintain ticket prices on the issue of paying more fare for Prayagraj flights by passengers. And it has an immediate effect. The country’s largest budget airline IndiGo has reduced its flights from 30 percent to 50 percent to Mahakumbh, which is no less than a major relief for passengers going to Mahakumbh by air.
Union Minister said this big thing
According to the PTI report, this huge deduction in IndiGo flight tickets came after the statement of Consumer Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi in which he said that the fare of Prayagraj flights is ‘extremely high’. And he has urged aviation regulator DGCA to take steps to reduce prices. In view of the increased demand due to the Kumbh Mela, many airlines have increased their ticket prices and the DGCA has also asked to make it rational.
Kumbh Mela will run till 26 February
Significantly, on January 13, the Mahakumbh Mela started in Prayagraj. And it will conclude on 26 February. In just half a month, the number of devotees coming to Kumbh has crossed 15 crores. At the same time, many reports estimate that a total of 45 crore people can reach Prayagraj to take a dip of faith in this Mahakumbh.
A ticket price is Rs 50000
In fact, this discussion is gaining momentum about air fare, because from now on 29 January i.e. Mauni Amavasya is expected to take a royal bath in the Mahakumbh of a large number of people and take a dip in the confluence of Prayagraj. On this occasion, airlines companies also made air fare quite expensive. For example, the aerial fare of Delhi-Prayagraj return increased by four times to Rs. Has crossed 50,000. Many people are sharing screenshots on social media. According to media reports then, the cheapest Mumbai-Prayagraj return ticket on January 28 was more than Rs 41,000.