Highway closure sparks air fare hike Archives

Taking the advantage of the closure of the Valley’s only road link to Jammu due to inclement weather for past few days, the airlines have hiked the air fare on 35 minute duration flight between Srinagar and Jammu to whopping Rs 6600. Just a week before, the air ticket from Srinagar to Jammu went between Rs 1100 to Rs 1500 which has now shot up to Rs 5600 on March 12 while the return ticket from Jammu to Srinagar starts from Rs 6600. Valley people have to regularly bear the…