A-I cuts non-stop US fares by 33%

Mumbai: To compete with private airlines, state-owned carrier Air-India has reduced fares by an average 33 per cent for its non-stop Mumbai-New York flight from August 1 on its fully furnished new Boeing B777-200-LR aircraft.
Air-India took delivery of these B777-200 aircraft in Seattle yesterday. Air-India has positioned its fares on a par with airlines offering one-stop services to US, as part of testing the market.
The national carrier has reduced its economy fares by 37.17 per cent to Rs 50,700 (return fares excluding taxes) from Rs 80,700. The executive (business) class fares were lowered by 40.11 per cent to Rs 159,700 against the original price of Rs 2,66,700.
The first class fares of this brand new carrier has reduced by 22.01 per cent to Rs 3,57,700 against Rs 4,58,700. The duration of the flight is approximately sixteen hours, resulting in saving of over 4 hours.
27/07/07 P R Sanjai/Business Standard

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