I-A takes on competitors with super-apex fare slabs

The new D-28 Segment would be valid for travel on major metro sectors: Delhi-Mumbai Rs 2,500, Delhi-Kolkata Rs 3,000, Delhi-Hyderabad Rs 3,000, Delhi-Bangalore Rs 3,500, Delhi-Chennai Rs 3,500, Kolkata-Mumbai Rs 3,500, Kolkata-Bangalore Rs 3,500 and Chennai-Kolkata Rs 3,500. These fares are on one-way trips.

IA8217;s commercial director Anil Goyal said the D-28 fares would be available for sale on one way as well as round trips. This is unlike Air Sahara which provides special fares on round trips.

The 30-day advance fare offered by Air Sahara is valid throughout the year while the D-28 Fare of IA would be valid for sale only till October 15.

Goyal pointed out that the airline had already launched the metro-non-metro scheme between July 16 and october 15 under which a passenger travelling between two metros could further take a flight to a non-metro city by paying just Rs 1,000.