Air hostesses will now act as shopping consultants

New Delhi: Air hostesses are your companions at 35,000 feet — taking care of meals and ensuring your comfort. Now they will also act as shopping consultants.
Say, you are going to Bangkok and don’t know what to shop and where to shop, an air hostess could assist you.
A start is being made by the air hostesses of Nok Air who will do the needful and all for just Rs 10,000 (return ticket cost, including taxes) on a Bangalore to Bangkok flight commencing from Friday (1 June).
Positioning itself as ‘shoppers airline’, passengers flying on Nok Air can also avail for a 10% discount on brands such as Esprit, Mango and Timberland at Bangkok’s famous Siam Paragon shopping mall. Other airlines could follow suit, offering value for money.
Nok Air will be starting flights from Chennai in October, and from Hyderabad and Delhi next year. “Air Hostesses will guide passengers about the exchange rate and public transport as well, so that they don’t feel lost,” adds Sarasin. The airline besides economy class also offers business class seats charging return airfare of Rs 25,000.
01/05/07 Visakha Talreja/Economic Times

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Categories: Foreign Jun 2007, New Jun 2007