There’s inflation, there’s surge pricing, and then there’s India’s domestic airfare, which has now entered a different dimension of madness. Today, a simple Delhi–Patna flight costs ₹21,000, while a Delhi–Bangkok flight costs ₹7,000. Let that sink in — flying to another country for 4 hours costs one-third of flying 1.5 hours within your own country. This isn’t “market dynamics.” This isn’t “supply and demand.” This is open daylight loot, rubber-stamped by an industry that knows the common man has no choice but to pay or stay grounded.
1. Delhi–Patna at ₹21,000 Is Not Pricing — It’s Pure Aviation Comedy
A route barely 1.5 hours long now costs as much as a luxury holiday.
Airlines can call it “dynamic pricing,” but the middle class calls it what it is:
Loot, extortion, and shameless exploitation.
2. Delhi–Bangkok at ₹7,000 Exposes the Farce
How does an international flight—fuel, permissions, immigration, taxes—cost less than a domestic hop?
• Because competition exists abroad.
• Because airlines can’t pull stunts on those routes.
• Because India’s domestic sector has quietly turned into a playground for monopoly pricing.
3. Flying Within india Has Become a Luxury Sport
Let’s be honest:
Domestic flights are no longer for the middle class.
Family of four = ₹80,000 to visit your own relatives.
Even trains are jammed, buses are overloaded, and the middle class is stuck between suffering and surrender.
4. airlines Blame ‘Demand,’ But Demand Didn’t Triple Overnight
No festival, no emergency surge, no special occasion.
Just a random weekday where Delhi–Patna hits ₹21K like it’s business class to Europe.
This isn’t economics — it’s corporate opportunism, dressed in boring aviation jargon.
5. The Middle Class Has Become the Punching Bag of Every Industry
Food delivery = loot.
Cinema tickets = loot.
Subscriptions = loot.
Now flights = super-loot.
Every sector has decided the middle class won’t protest — because they never do.
6. Airfare Algorithms Are Basically Unregulated Slot Machines
At this point, airlines are running a lottery.
Open the app in the morning — ₹4,500.
Open it at noon — ₹19,000.
Open in the evening — “Fares have increased since you last checked.”
This isn’t technology — this is psychological warfare.
7. Domestic Travel Is Becoming a Rich People’s Privilege
Want to go home for an emergency?
Rich people can.
Want to attend a wedding?
Rich people can.
Want to visit your parents once a year?
Only if your wallet can survive this assault.
8. “Supply and Demand” Has Been Weaponised
Sure, prices fluctuate.
But triple the price of a longer international flight?
That’s not fluctuation — that’s price madness.
And the middle class is footing the bill.
9. india Needs Competition, Regulation — Or a Miraculous Airline Revolution
Because clearly, what we have now is a broken, inflated, exploitative system that punishes the common traveler and rewards pricing chaos.
🔥 Final Word: If This Isn’t Loot, Then What Is?
people don’t mind paying fair prices.
But when a patna flight costs more than a bangkok vacation, the message is clear:
Domestic airlines have lost the plot, and the public has lost patience.
This isn’t travel anymore.
This is robbery at 30,000 feet.
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