NEW DELHI: After low-cost carrier SpiceJet Jet Airways announced a week-long domestic and international flights sale today with fares starting as low as Rs 1,499 for some domestic routes.The booking period is for a week for travel between July 20 and October 15. The airline is also offering discounts for flights from India to international destinations such as London, Toronto, the South-Eastern countries, destinations in the Gulf , among others."This is clearly an attempt to garner impulse leisure bookings for the off-season with extremely attractive advance booking fares. The response to the sale has been very positive and within hours of the announcement, we have already seen bookings of the two carriers rise by over 283%," said Sharat Dhall, President at Yatra.com , India’s second-largest online portal.Low-cost carrier SpiceJet, which had announced a three-day Rs 1,899/- all-in sale for domestic sector has responded to Jet’s sale by matching fares.“Low cost competitor SpiceJet has also extend their own sale and matched Jet’s fares on the domestic routes and we expect other airlines to follow suit," Dhall added.