AirAsia offers tickets to seven cities starting Rs 99

Low-cost airlines AirAsia has launched a promotional offer for flyers, where it will charge a base fare of only Rs 99 for seven destinations within India.

"The promotional fares start from Rs 99 under the dynamic pricing to cities like Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, New Delhi, Pune and Ranchi," it said in a statement in Bengaluru on Sunday. The scheme comes into effect from Monday.

The offer is valid from today till January 21 for flights till July 31, 2018.

The budget carrier's website has listed low fares for many international destinations in the Asia-Pacific region - like Rs 1,499 to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore

It has also listed direct flights between Bengaluru, Chennai and Bhubaneswar.

The low-cost fare offer is on all flights of the group network, including AirAsia India, AirAsia Berhad, Thai AirAsia, AirAsia X and Indonesia AirAsia X.

"The discount applies to bookings made through airasia.com and AirAsia mobile app," the statement said.

In the $30 million joint venture, Tata Sons Ltd has 51 per cent equity stake and Air Asia Investment Ltd of Malaysia holds the balance 49 per cent.

The over three-year airline flies to 16 Indian cities including Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Guwahati, Panaji, Imphal, Jaipur, Kochi and Visakhapatnam.