Many of us have come across exorbitant fares while booking a flight, especially at the last minute. While flight fares are stable months before their scheduled departure, they begin to increase as the departure date approaches. However, this price hike, which is quite common across almost all major airlines, will be tackled by the government-owned Alliance Air. Their ‘Fare se Fursat’ scheme will promise a ‘One Route, One Fare’ scheme that will keep flight fares predictable, no matter when you book.
Alliance Air Rolls Out ‘One Route, One Fare’ Scheme: Why Fares Change, What Is This Scheme, And More
Why Do Air Fares Keep Changing?
Air fares are quite dynamic and sometimes even unpredictable, changing with rise in demand, weather conditions, and timing. This often leaves travelers having to pay non-uniform fares for the same flight over a certain period of time. These prices often see a rise during holidays, year-ends, and weekends, as well as tourist seasons of particular destinations.
Even on the same flight, one passenger might have paid a certain, more reasonable fare because they booked it months in advance. However, their co-passenger, who booked their tickets at the last minute, might have had to pay a little more.
‘One Route, One Fare’ For All Alliance Air Flights
Alliance Air’s ‘Fare Se Fursat’ scheme promises to make air fares more affordable by making them uniform and stable. It will keep the air fare the same, whether you’re booking a ticket months in advance or at the eleventh hour. As of October 16, 2025, the initiative will be implemented as a part of a pilot program. This program will be implemented from October 13 to December 31 across select routes.
Minister Kinjarapu also stated that this attractive new scheme perfectly aligns with the core principles of the ‘Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik’ (UDAN) scheme. These principles consist of making air travel more accessible, affordable, and convenient for the common man, especially people hailing from middle class, lower-middle class, and neo-middle class backgrounds.
This new scheme will benefit passengers who majorly travel between tier 2 and tier 3 cities, with Alliance Air connecting cities and towns such as Guwahati, Bhubaneswar, Bhuj, Rourkela, Shimla, Agatti, Diu, and more.
About Alliance Air, India’s Designated Flag Carrier
A flag carrier is a transport company, such as an airline in this context, that is locally registered in a given sovereign state and enjoys preferential rights or privileges that the government accords for international operations. To put it simply, it can also be said that the flag carrier is the government-owned national airline or national carrier of a given country and carries the country’s national identity.
Alliance Air is India’s designated flag carrier; similarly Air France is France’s, Malaysia Airline is Malaysia’s, and Etihad and Emirates are the United Arab Emirates’ flag carriers respectively.
It was earlier known as Air India Regional and was a wholly owned subsidiary of Indian Airlines when it was founded in 1996. Just a year later, Air India and Indian Airlines’ joint venture, Vayudoot Airlines, merged with Alliance Air to connect regional air routes in India, especially in Northeast India.
While Air India, Alliance Air’s partner company, was sold to Tata Sons in 2021, it was not part of the deal – instead, it was transferred to Air India Asset Holdings Limited. Finally in 2022, it started functioning independently of Air India, selling tickets under the Alliance Air banner.
Alliance Air connects 59 destinations within India and has just 1 international connection from Chennai to Jaffna (Sri Lanka). It has a fleet of eighteen ATR72-600 aircraft, tw ATR42-600, and one Dornier Do-228 aircraft.
The flag carrier stands out for the following features that distinguish it from other Indian airlines such as Air India, IndiGo, and SpiceJet. They are as follows:
- No middle seat
- Very less noise emission
- 40% less carbon-dioxide emission per trip
- A crew to passenger ratio of 1:35
- More space between rows for better physical distancing inside the aircraft
Summing Up
Alliance Air may not be as commercially successful as Air India or IndiGo in terms of passenger volume and fleet size, but it is certainly paving the way for affordable and accessible air travel. With its new ‘One Route, One Fare’, passengers will be able to get a stable fare for a certain flight route, no matter when they make the booking. What do you think of this initiative?
