Air India ends cheap night fares ahead of Indian Airlines merger

Mumbai: State-run Air India has withdrawn a special low fare for passengers using its night flights within India, an early casualty of its merger with Indian Airlines, according to a senior executive at the carrier.
The airline has doubled the fares for domestic night flights in certain sectors and the average fare hike of all night flights could be around 70%.
This will make the fares for Air India night flights now comparable with day fares. For example, a passenger will have to pay Rs6,320 for a Mumbai-Delhi night flight now, instead of Rs3,300, a special lower fare offered until last month.
Air India, which primarily operates international routes, connects key Indian cities during the night.
A senior Air India executive, on the condition of anonymity, said: “As a natural fallout of merger between Air India and Indian Airlines, passengers have lot of options now. They can take Indian Airlines flights during the day time.”
Air India and Indian Airlines, which operates domestic flights, are in the process of merging into a new company, National Aviation Co. of India Ltd, or Nacil. Once these two airlines become Nacil, all services of the airline will be grouped under the Air India brand.
29/12/07 P.R.Sanjai/Livemint

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