# Flyers pay 120.5% more booking day before on Ahmedabad-Pune route 2026-10-27T10:51:13+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Booking a flight a day before departure cost 120.5 per cent more on the Ahmedabad-Pune route than booking 30 days in advance, the steepest premium among 54 domestic routes analysed by the TOI-DPA Airline Price Index on 16 September 2026. At the other end, the Bengaluru-Chennai route showed a premium of just 2.9 per cent for last-minute booking, while Mumbai-Delhi and Pune-Delhi also had narrow gaps. The index, a joint initiative of The Times of India and Decimal Point Analytics, sets each route's day-before fare at 100 and measures other booking times against it. On high-frequency corridors the fare curve was nearly flat, on routes with fewer daily flights it was steeper. The data reflects advertised fares and medians from a single morning, not individual passenger tickets, and does not identify which airline set each price. The figures are derived from the index's longer-term calculation. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The TOI-DPA Airline Price Index reveals a structural divide in domestic pricing: on low-frequency routes like Ahmedabad-Pune, airlines charge a steep premium for last-minute bookings, whereas on high-frequency corridors like Mumbai-Delhi, the fare curve is nearly flat. This means travellers on thinner routes face a much stronger financial incentive to plan ahead, while those on busy routes gain little from early booking. The index, however, captures advertised medians from a single morning, not what any passenger actually paid, and does not identify which airline set each fare. The tracker’s longer-term calculation method leaves open how representative this snapshot is. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Led with a specific numeric finding and framed the route-based disparity as the core news This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Decimal Point Analytics, Pune, Times of India Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/flyers-pay-120-5-more-booking-day-before-on-ahmedabad-pune-route/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/flyers-pay-120-5-more-booking-day-before-on-ahmedabad-pune-route/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/