Freebie bonanza on Air India

New Delhi: Struggling Bollywood actress, distant nephews can fly free. It seems that Dr Vishwapati Trivedi, joint managing director, Air India, truly has a universe-sized family when it comes to handing over free tickets. Trivedi, generously funded by the taxpayer, issued more than 100 tickets to his family during his tenure as Indian Airlines chief.
However, the Civil Aviation Ministry has taken a less benign view - instructions have been issued that all free tickets and upgrades in the merged carrier will have to be cleared by the ministry. Trivedi’s freebie bonanza for what is officially described as “family’’ was contrary to all rules and commercial practices followed by airlines the world over. Under the rules employees are allowed to claim between two to seven free tickets annually depending upon their seniority. These free tickets are not against confirmed seats. Trivedi’s “family members’’ of course travelled on confirmed seats.
14/12/07 Swati Chaturvedi/The Tribune

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Categories: Air India Domestic Dec 2007, NACIL Dec 2007