Date:01/07/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/01/stories/2008070161510400.htm

Karnataka - Bangalore

Attractive offers from Air India

Staff Reporter

Bangalore: Air India has come up with a slew of attractive offers to improve passenger seat factor on the daily non-stop services from Mumbai and New Delhi. The non-stop flights are operated with latest Boeing 777-200 long-range aircraft and take around 16 hours to reach New York from India.

According to a press release here on Monday, both first and executive class have fully flat beds and state-of-the-art personal entertainment systems. Besides attractive first and business class fares, complimentary limousine service is offered on any first/ executive class fare at all Air India boarding points. The release said that a passenger will be able to earn double mileage points on travel to J.F. Kennedy Airport, New York, on the non-stop on the first/ executive class fare types. For the first time, Air India has also extended to the non-stop flights in the executive class on purchase of IATA J Class fare ticket. Special fare offers have also been extended to the economy class. Air India now offers the lowest return fare from Bangalore to JFK and back on the non-stop at Rs. 31,000. These will be valid only for outbound travel between July 1 and July 31, and between September 1 and December 31, 2008.