India-Canada airfares soar amid troubled ties

Last-minute airfares in India-Canada routes have gone through the roof, as travellers advance their plans in the wake of a growing rift between the two countries.

- Anu Sharma

Data from travel portals show that spot fares for a direct flight between New Delhi and Toronto have crossed ₹1.46 lakh. It is more than 1.01 lakh on the Toronto-Delhi route.

Similar fares for New Delhi-Montreal cost over ₹1.55 lakh and over 1.16 lakh in the opposite direction. Flyers will have to spend approximately 1.33 lakh for late bookings on a New Delhi-Vancouver flight, while those coming from Vancouver will have to shell out nearly 1.3 lakh.

Travel portals said they have seen a spike of up to 25% in lastminute fares. People making late bookings include tourists as well as citizens visiting friends and family in either country.