Asked about the fares, Fernandes said they will about 35 per cent lower than the current market rate. Earlier this year, Fernandes had also said that AirAsia India would offer "dramatically low" airfares and would take air travel to masses in the country. "We have to be the cheapest and stimulate the market. We have to allow the common man to fly. That is my message to India that flying is not only for the rich," he said.