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Thu, 02/17/2011 - 19:55
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Air India offers low fare tickets on selected sectors

New Delhi (PTI) - In a bid to attract more
passengers, Air India on Thursday launched a number of low
basic fare tickets on selected domestic sectors.
The lowest basic fare would be Rs 100 on selected
sectors, excluding the fuel surcharge, passenger service fee,
user development fee - wherever applicable- and the service
tax.
"The tickets would be available in the 14-day advance
booking category under the Budget Season Promotion Scheme
between February and March 31," an airline spokesperson said.
The 14-day advance one way purchase fare of Rs 100 is
available on Delhi-Chennai, Delhi-Bangalore and Delhi-
Hyderabad sectors.
A passenger will have to pay Rs 3,429, inclusive of
all surcharge and taxes on Delhi-Chennai sector, while Rs
3,229 on Chennai-Delhi flight. Similarly, a Delhi-Bangalore
ticket would cost Rs 3,429 and on return leg it would be Rs
3,481. The total fare of a Delhi-Hyderabad flight would be Rs
2,929 and Hyderabad-Delhi would cost Rs 3,196.
The national carrier has also launched a seven-day one
way advance purchase fare of Rs 370 between Kochi and Mumbai
and one way instant purchase fare of Rs 499 between Coimbatore
and Kozhikode, excluding the fuel surcharge, passenger service
fee, user development fee - wherever applicable - and the
service tax.
The total cost of a Mumbai-Kochi ticket, inclusive of
all surcharge and taxes, would be Rs 3,999 and seven-day
advance purchase fare on Kochi-Mumbai would be Rs 3,891, the
spokesperson said.
On Kozhokide-Coimbatore sector, a ticket would cost Rs
728 and instant purchase on Coimbatore-Kozhikode would cost
the same to a passengers, including passengers service fee.
The national carrier has launched the low specific
flight fares on AI coded flights on seven domestic sectors for
Rs 999 plus taxes.
An instant purchase fare of Rs 999 is also available
on the Hyderabad-Bangalore (directional) sector on IC 978.
For this, a passengers would have to pay only the
passenger service fee and user development fee (UDF) and are
not required to pay any fuel surcharge, he added.

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