Budget airline IndiGo on Tuesday announced that its Delhi-Gorakhpur daily flight service would start from September 1. Booking for the same can be done with immediate effect from the airline's official website: www.goindigo.in. The starting price of the flight tickets is Rs 3,199, IndiGo said in a statement.

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This is the 57th destination that IndiGo will fly to and the third in Uttar Pradesh after Lucknow and Varanasi.

IndiGo also unveiled its sale today. In its latest discounted ticket scheme, IndiGo is offering 1.2 million seats with ticket prices starting at just Rs 1,212. This IndiGo offer is valid for travel across the airliner's flight network and that includes flights to foreign destinations as well. Reportedly, this IndiGo offer is the largest discounted ticket sale by a domestic carrier.

IndiGo said that the booking started today and the offer is a 4-day 'mega anniversary sale' that will span a travel period between July 25 to March 30, 2019. The airliner said "IndiGo is offering customers a 4-day special sale starting at Rs 1,212 effective from July 10 till July 13. As part of the mega sale, the airline is offering 12 lakh seats for travel between July 25, 2018, and March 30, 2019, across the 6E network including the international routes."

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India's largest airline by domestic market share, IndiGo runs as many as 1,086 flights on a daily basis, which connect 42 domestic and 8 foreign destinations. William Boulter, IndiGo chief strategy officer (CSO) said, "We are delighted to announce this biggest sale of Indian airline seats. IndiGo will turn 12 on August 4 and to make this occasion more memorable, we are offering 12 lakh seats across our network of 57 cities at special fares."