<p align="justify">Airlines are rolling out huge discounts for the monsoon — fares start at Rs 749 for economy class tickets.</p>.<div align="justify">Jet Airways, Vistara, IndiGo, GoAir and Air India are among the airlines offering huge fare cuts. On Air Asia, a Bengaluru-Kuala Lumpur all-inclusive return ticket comes for Rs 7,099.</div>.<div align="justify"><br />Domestic offers<br />The Air India Saavan sale — open between June 17 and 21 — covers domestic travel between July 1 and September 20.</div>.<div align="justify"><br />Vistara’s ‘Great Monsoon Sale’ features all-inclusive fares starting at Rs 849. In premium economy, its lowest fare is Rs 2,099.</div>.<div align="justify"><br />IndiGo fares start at Rs 899 for domestic destinations. The low-cost carrier is also offering discount vouchers of Rs 899 on other routes.</div>.<div align="justify"><br />GoAir, whose sale ended on Saturday, had fares starting at Rs 899 onwards for travel between July 1 and September 30. Jet Airways domestic tickets are priced at Rs 1,111.</div>.<div align="justify"><br />Various travel portals like MakeMyTrip, Via and Yatra are also running their own deals.<br /><br />Routine pattern<br />So what’s driving prices down? Experts say the monsoon brings a drop of 5-8% in passenger load for airlines.</div>.<div align="justify"><br />“The airlines offer such discounts to encourage passengers to advance their bookings. This is to maintain cash flows in what is seen as a lean period,” an official from via.com, an online ticketing platform, told DH.<br /><br />GST questions<br />Though it is not clear how GST will impact airlines, low-cost carriers are wary.</div>.<div align="justify"><br />“Input credits are available on services only in case of economy class, so GST can skew the passenger load factor in favour of full-fledged airlines,” said Naveen Rajpurohit, partner at BDO, a tax advisory firm.</div>.<div align="justify"><br />GST on economy class will be 5% against 6% in the current regime.<br />Business class will be taxed at 12% against the existing 9%, but input credit is given on goods as well as services.<br /><br />Air traffic fuel is out of the GST net, and that means the industry can’t claim credit for taxes paid on fuel.<br /><br /><br /></div>
<p align="justify">Airlines are rolling out huge discounts for the monsoon — fares start at Rs 749 for economy class tickets.</p>.<div align="justify">Jet Airways, Vistara, IndiGo, GoAir and Air India are among the airlines offering huge fare cuts. On Air Asia, a Bengaluru-Kuala Lumpur all-inclusive return ticket comes for Rs 7,099.</div>.<div align="justify"><br />Domestic offers<br />The Air India Saavan sale — open between June 17 and 21 — covers domestic travel between July 1 and September 20.</div>.<div align="justify"><br />Vistara’s ‘Great Monsoon Sale’ features all-inclusive fares starting at Rs 849. In premium economy, its lowest fare is Rs 2,099.</div>.<div align="justify"><br />IndiGo fares start at Rs 899 for domestic destinations. The low-cost carrier is also offering discount vouchers of Rs 899 on other routes.</div>.<div align="justify"><br />GoAir, whose sale ended on Saturday, had fares starting at Rs 899 onwards for travel between July 1 and September 30. Jet Airways domestic tickets are priced at Rs 1,111.</div>.<div align="justify"><br />Various travel portals like MakeMyTrip, Via and Yatra are also running their own deals.<br /><br />Routine pattern<br />So what’s driving prices down? Experts say the monsoon brings a drop of 5-8% in passenger load for airlines.</div>.<div align="justify"><br />“The airlines offer such discounts to encourage passengers to advance their bookings. This is to maintain cash flows in what is seen as a lean period,” an official from via.com, an online ticketing platform, told DH.<br /><br />GST questions<br />Though it is not clear how GST will impact airlines, low-cost carriers are wary.</div>.<div align="justify"><br />“Input credits are available on services only in case of economy class, so GST can skew the passenger load factor in favour of full-fledged airlines,” said Naveen Rajpurohit, partner at BDO, a tax advisory firm.</div>.<div align="justify"><br />GST on economy class will be 5% against 6% in the current regime.<br />Business class will be taxed at 12% against the existing 9%, but input credit is given on goods as well as services.<br /><br />Air traffic fuel is out of the GST net, and that means the industry can’t claim credit for taxes paid on fuel.<br /><br /><br /></div>