Pack your bags and get ready for a vacation: good times are coming for avid travellers. While air travel prices had recently skyrocketed what with the prices of fuel jumping, the number of those travelling had decreased drastically. However, flight carriers are now doing their best to fight the price-rise and lure travellers back in. Read on to know how it’ll affect your itinerary!

2. Introduction
 People hoping to travel overseas can
now rejoice.
 The sharp climb in fuel prices and their
adverse effects on the price of flight
tickets had initially made travellers
hesitant to take up flights under anything
but the most urgent of circumstances.
 However, it seems that flight carriers are
determined to change that trend.

3. Cost of Air Travel
 In an effort to boost air travel, carriers are
now joining hands.
 Their efforts are aimed towards decreasing
the cost of air travel.
 In fact, it may well end up that travelling
overseas is going to be cheaper than
domestic destinations in India.
 Low cost carriers are increasing their flight
capacities in their circuits, ensuring that
more and more people are open to travel.

4. Airline’s Agreements
 There are agreements or MOUs
between airlines.
 For example, IndiGo airlines is in talks
with airline giant SkyTeam.
 Another example would be the talks
between Tata Sons, AirAsia and Amit
Bhatia, in the hopes of expanding
AirAsia’s brand in India.
 AirAsia, Asia’s biggest low-cost
carrier, expanding into Indian territories
can only bode well for the average
traveller.

5. Promotional Techniques
 The promotion of certain programmes aimed
towards attracting a specific crowd also adds
incentive to travel.
 Ethno-tourism, geo-tourism and so on are highly
attractive packages that allow travellers to explore
new cultures and new regions.
 One particular crowd that packages are aiming at
is promotion of ‘women-only’ trips, which take into
account the comfort and safety levels of women.
 The increasing number of customised holiday
packages allows people a choice, which in turn
ensures that there is an increase in the number of
travellers.

6. Travel Insurance Offers
 With the cost of travel going down, more
people are willing to travel and take up
travel insurance.
 To seal the deal, carriers are also
offering domestic and overseas travel
insurance to travellers.

7. Careful With Offers
 You want to watch out for the coverage offered by
carriers though.
 They might offer policies that are cheaper – but they
only partially cover you and certainly only for the
duration of the trip.
 They come with many built in loopholes, so be sure
to read the fine-print before you opt for it.
 For example, they might not cover mishaps before or after
your flight – so it’s generally better if you buy your
insurance from a reputed insurance company instead.
Because travel insurance companies are ensuring they
don’t disappoint either. A vast array of insurances has
cropped up, from the usual coverage like baggage loss
and travel delays to covering extreme sports are now
covered under international travel insurance.

8. Conclusion
 So what are you waiting for? If ever
there was a time to travel – now is it!
 Pack your bags and get ready for a
vacation: good times are coming for avid
travellers.