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Indian flights to Varanasi, Khajuraho

Bangalore: Indian is launching new flights to Khajuraho and Varanasi from Delhi from September 15, 2006. The airline has also scheduled a daily flight on the Varanasi-Kathmandu route. The carrier has increased the frequency of operations on several routes such as Chennai-Bangalore, Delhi-Raipur-Vizag-Chennai, Chennai-Bhubaneshwar, Kolkata-Agartala, Kolkata-Silchar and Silchar-lmphal.

Pay Rs 699/day, fly, Sahara for a month

IN AN attempt to shore up its market share to 12% by December, born-again airline Air Sahara has come out with a new scheme, offering passengers unlimited flying to any destination on their network, including international ones, on payment of a fixed sum, ranging from Rs 699 to Rs 999 per day. With this, the airline hopes to augment its 2-lakh strong frequent flyer base by 10-15%, Air Sahara president Alok Sharma told ET.

Under the Fly Unlimited scheme, passengers can fly to any destination for a year on paying at Rs 699 for 365 days, that is by depositing a sum of over Rs 2.55 lakh. The 30-day package comes for Rs 999 per day while the 60-day package can be availed off after paying Rs 899 per day. One has to pay Rs 799 per day for a 90-day package. In all these cases, taxes and fuel surcharge will be additional as applicable on the day of travel. To be able to fly on international routes, one has to pay Rs 100 extra per day. For flying business class, one has to pay 50% extra on each package.

Mr Sharma said the scheme is targeted at regular flyers, who generally travel more than twice each month. “While keeping cost of travel low, it will also help passengers to save on hotel expenses,” he said, adding that the scheme would help the airline in getting committed business passengers. Around 30% seats in each flight will be dedicated to this scheme. Industry analysts note the scheme will help the airline to earn working finance in advance for a minimum load factor.

Source : ET