Flipkart Big Billion Days Sale: Discount up to Rs 25,000 on flight tickets
Not just on flights, Flipkart is also offering 15 per cent discount on booking of bus tickets and hotel bookings.
Flipkart is back with its fifth edition of much-awaited Big Billion Days Sale. The sale fest starts fromOctober 10 and will be continued till October 10. However, Flipkart Plus customers had already got the taste of the huge discounts yesterday starting from 9 PM.
Customers can also avail 10% instant discount upto Rs 12000 on HDFC Bank Credit & Debit Cards, No Cost EMI on more than 30 million products, 10% cashback via PhonePe and easy EMI options on leading debit cards.
While Flipkart is offering huge discounts across categories, it has also announced great deals on flight tickets for the customers who love to travel.
Flipkart is offering discount up to Rs 25,000 on international flight tickets. Besides, under rge Big Billion Days Sale, Flipkart has also announced discounts up to Rs 10,000 on domestic flights.
Not just on flights, Flipkart is also offering 15 per cent discount on booking of bus tickets and hotel bookings.
Meanwhile, Flipkart on Monday said that it has added 30,000 jobs in its supply chain and logistics operations, ahead of the festive sale where the Walmart-backed company will compete head-on against rival, Amazon.
Flipkart, which will hold the fifth edition of its Big Billion Days (BBD) sale from October 10-14, also expects its seller partners to have added over five lakh indirect jobs at their locations.
"...ensuring that our customers have a seamless shopping experience, we want the economy too, to benefit from the increased activity.
By generating employment and enabling our sellers to scale their businesses during this time, we're playing an important role in driving the industry and subsequently, the economy," Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy said.
The seasonal hiring by Flipkart is spread across the entire supply chain -- from warehouses, to mother hubs, and delivery hubs. The additional indirect jobs created at seller locations are in packaging and warehouse management.
E-tailers usually hire thousands of temporary workers in delivery and support roles to handle the high volume of orders during the festive sale.
Amazon India said it has created over 50,000 seasonal positions across its network of fulfilment centres in the country this year ahead to meet the increased demand during the festive season.
About 20 million people are expected to shop on various e-commerce platforms during the festive sale next month, translating into sales of around USD 3 billion for players like Amazon and Flipkart, according to a report by research firm RedSeer.