Economy class ticket in Just Rs 99 – Air India

Air India recently declared its economy class fare price which is Rs 99 and is valid for the month of February only. This offer will also continue after February for the one who books a ticket 21 days in advance. The Business class travelers can enjoy the scheme till February end under which the passenger’s spouse is allowed to travel by paying only the fuel surcharge and the airport user development charge. Air India was lead by Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines last year in flight bookings.

The civil aviation Ministry released its data depicting Jet Airways as India’s largest domestic air services handling a market share of 29.5 percent followed by Kingfisher Airlines handling a market share of 27.6 percent market share. Air India is only handling a market share of 16.3 percent after Jet and Kingfisher airlines which has immensely effected the business of Air India this is the reason why the airlines is introducing new schemes this month.

Airfares hike once again

Government has decided to put an additional charge for air travelers in Delhi and Mumbai, so stop expecting cheap air tickets from now. ADF charges may be effective from next month onwards; this will be an additional fee for outgoing passengers. The ADF will be for 2 years only to minimize the deficits for future which was about Rs 2,000 crores at the Delhi and Mumbai airports. Delhi Airports will be charging of about Rs 300 from outgoing domestic passengers and Rs 1000 from international passengers as additional flights airfares. These two airports handles 55 percent of flights in India and the reconstruction of the two airports can cost upto Rs 11,400 crores. This ADF will be charged for 2 years then it may be discontinued.

The Bangalore Government allowed it’s airports to charge UDF of Rs 260 from Jan 16. Here domestic passengers are already paying Rs 375 and International passengers have been paying Rs 1000 UDF early this month which is additional to cheap flights tickets. The sources are depicting that airports could be allowed to pay UDF or ADF from passengers but still no official talks have been done in this regards.

10 Flight attendants of Air India got fired

Air India fires it’s 10 flight attendants, the reason was they were exceptionally overweight.They were firstly made to do ground duty for several years but recently got fired when found unfit during a medical test, in which medical board declared them unfit for duty. In response the airline says they were given time to shed weight but still they failed to do so.

Some of the air hostesses have also approached the Delhi High Court for a legal challenge against the airlines, but it was later thrown out. Weight is the main criteria for being selected in an airlines job and this is not the first time an airline has sacked its employees for being overweight.