GoAir's Festive Offer: Tickets at Rs 999

GoAir has once again come out with an offer with tickets starting at Rs 999. Tuesday is the last day, for customers to book tickets to avail the special festive discount being offered by the budget carrier.

The GoAir offer is valid for travel between September 15, 2015 and March 31, 2016.

Rival airlines like SpiceJet, IndiGo, AirAsia have been coming up with promotional offers and special discounts almost every other week in a bid to garner market share in a fiercely competitive environment.

The booking period for the GoAir offer started on Saturday, close on the heels of rival SpiceJet that put on block 1 lakh seats with fares starting at Rs 799 last week. Go Air came up with its latest offering the same day – Saturday – when the SpiceJet booking period came to a close.

These promotional schemes by airlines have ensured a spike in the number of people travelling by air. Passengers carried by domestic airlines in the first seven months till July 2015 rose 21 per cent to 455.78 lakh.