Airline offers low fare to Indian destinations

Dubai: Air fare to two Indian states by the Indian national carrier has been brought to rock bottom in the M-class. Expatriates from the states of Kerala and Karnataka can now travel with Indian on fares that are more or less equivalent to the no-frill budget airlines starting from today to March 31, 2009
M-class one-way fare will now cost Dh259.
"This is the lowest of the fares by us. I had meeting with different Indian associations in the UAE and this demand came considering the fact that the cost of living has gone up," said Anand Kumar Pandey, Country Manager, Indian Airlines.
The fares are introduced under the category of Slim Fares and comes along are with all frills and inclusive of a 40kg free baggage allowance.
The Slim Fares are priced at Dh259 for M-class one-way and Dh519 for round-trip. One can also get these fares subject to availability during the upcoming festive seasons Eid Al Adha and Christmas. Necessary information on the rates and seats are available at the Indian office and nearest travel agencies.
Cross section of Indian expatriates were trilled with the reduction of fares and said that it could not have come at a more appropriate time.
The one-way fares for Kerala and Bangalore by Indian Airlines:
* Dh 259 -M class (35 seats out of 145 seats)
* Dh 310 - E class
* Dh 360 - U class
* Dh 410 - L class
* Dh 610 - O class
16/11/08 Sunita Menon/GulfNews, United Arab Emirates

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