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Apr 2007

Air Deccan offers free tickets scheme on Baisakhi

     Amritsar: To attract more and more air passenger Air Deccan has announced a mega offer of 5, 00, 000 tickets priced at Rs 0/- (plus taxes and surcharge), on the occasion of the Baisakhi. The tickets will be available for sale across all sectors and all its 350 flights for travel between July 1, 2007 and October 27, 2007. Bookings for these tickets will open on the morning of April 14, 2007 (Saturday) at 8 a.m. The airline also announced the opening of regular bookings across all flights and sectors for travel between July 1, 2007 and October 27, 2007 on the same day. Samyukth Sridharan, Chief Revenue Officer and Head Marketing Air Deccan claims that "We were the first to release Rs 500/- and Re 1/- tickets and this time we have taken a step forward by releasing FREE* tickets for the first time in the history of the airline. He said that Air Deccan believe this will assist it in making flying common in India . He said that the idea is to encourage and stimulate travel even during lean seasons. An average load factor of 80 per cent over the last six months is a witness to the fact that they have been able to maintain a healthy balance between peak and non-peak seasons, said he. Air Deccan also announced that all new tickets booked on and after 14th April 2007 would not be refundable. The tickets can however be rescheduled to another date, flight or sector (new feature). Air Deccan tickets can be purchased through the Air Deccan Website - or thorough Air Deccan Airport Counters, Travel Agents across India and the 24 / 7 All India Call Centre at 39008888 (please prefix your city code if dialing from a mobile). The airline currently operates a brand new fleet of 19 Airbus A - 320 aircraft, with an average age of 1.5 years and 24 ATR Turboprop aircraft. Since its inception in August 2003, Air Deccan has carried over nine million passengers and the numbers are growing everyday.
-Apr 12, 2007