Bookings for air travel rose 90% during Flipkart's annual flagship sale compared with the business-as-usual period, Cleartrip chief financial officer Aditya Agarwal told ET. While bus bookings at the online travel agency grew 80%, the biggest jump was in hotel bookings that expanded three times. The sale saw a "significantly higher" participation of companies compared with last year, with more than 50 airlines, over 3,700 bus operators and around 11,000 hotels taking part, he said.
