Maharaja reduces fares to Rajdhani & back
In a bid to increase the flight occupancy rate to 80%, Air India wishes to sell tickets till 4 hours prior to a flight departure from New Delhi at the fare of a two-tier Rajdhani train ticket. This will apply to flights from Delhi to Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore and back for the present. Eventually more flights would be added to the Rajdhani fare list by Air India. At present the Air India occupancy rate is 75%. Air India Managing Director Ashwani Lohani said the move was aimed at preventing of last minute skyrocketing of air fares and also to fill vacant seats. A Rajdhani ticket from Delhi to Mumbai costs Rs 2870, to Chennai Rs 3905, to Kolkata Rs 2890 and to Bangalore Rs 4095. This would be the fare of Air India tickets to these places. At present, the wait-listed passengers of Rajdhani trains get the opportunity to fly by Air India at the AC First Class fares. The scheme introduced in June would end by September-end.
