The demand of more flights to Bengaluru is increasing day by day as the spot fares are very high. Passengers are not able to get seats in low fare from Bhopal to Bengaluru. On booking on the day of travel, the spot fare is being charged more than eleven thousand rupees. Passengers say that in view of the increasing number of passengers on this route, additional flights should be started.
Jet Airways was the first to start a direct flight from Bhopal to Bangalore. Four years ago Jet Airways stopped all flights. There was not a single flight from Bhopal to Bangalore for almost a year. IndiGo fulfilled the demand of passengers by starting direct flights on this route three years ago.
A large number of IT professionals and students travel from Bhopal to Bangalore. Due to the good number of passengers, passengers are not able to get seats on this route at low fares. The months of July to September are considered off-season for airlines. During this period, companies often offer to give seats at low fares, but getting tickets on the Bangalore route at cheap fares, far from getting seats in normal fares is also not available.
According to travel agent Omprakash Rijhwani, most of the people prefer to travel by plane due to the long train journey to Bangalore, airlines companies take advantage of this and charge arbitrary fares. Having two flights will benefit the passengers.