Air India Express announces ‘payday sale’ with fares starting at Rs1,499

Air India Express has launched its ‘Payday Sale,’ offering Xpress Value fares from ₹1,499 and zero check-in baggage ‘Xpress Lite’ fares starting from ₹1,429 available for logged-in members booking on the airline’s website, www.airindiaexpress.com. The sale is open for bookings from 28-31 March for travel between 1 April and 20 September.

As part of the offer, bookings made on the airline’s website will attract zero convenience fees.

Xpress Lite fares come with added benefits, such as the option to pre-book an additional 3kg of cabin baggage and discounted check-in baggage rates, with 15kg available for ₹1,000 on domestic flights and 20kg for ₹1,300 on international flights, an airline statement said.

Additionally, the airline’s website offers deals for loyalty members, including exclusive discounts on upgrades to Xpress Biz seats, the airline’s business class equivalent with a seat pitch of up to 58 inches. The Biz seats are available on 36 Boeing 737-8 aircraft that Air India Express recently inducted.

Logged-in loyalty members can book deals including 25% off ‘Gourmair’ hot meals, seat selection, Xpress Ahead priority services, 10kg Xcess check-in baggage and 3kg Xtra carry-on baggage.

The airline continues to offer special discounted fares and additional benefits on its website for students, senior citizens, doctors, and nurses, members of the armed forces, and their dependents, ensuring a wide range of benefits for flyers across its domestic and international network.

Air India Express has been rapidly expanding, recently welcoming its 100^th aircraft and doubling its fleet size in just two years.

The airline will soon operate over 500 daily flights across 54 destinations covering India, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.

As part of this rapid expansion, the airline also commenced operations from Hindon airport in the National Capital Region (NCR), becoming the first and only airline to operate from two airports in the metropolitan region.

The airline now connects Hindon to Bengaluru, Chennai, Goa, Kolkata, and Mumbai, with services to Bhubaneswar starting from March 30, 2025, and Varanasi from April 1, 2025.