Airlines offer hefty discounts, free tickets for kids

Bangalore: If you missed out on your summer holiday or if the volcanic ash smoked you out of Europe, here is a respite. International airlines continue to roll out special holiday packages, which for the south Indian market, is like an end-of season summer sale.
While the summer holiday season in south would end in the first week of June with reopening of schools, the holiday cheer would continue till July in the northern parts of the country.
Emirates, which operates 184 flights to India, has just launched a holiday package where by parents can take their children along for free. The airline is offering free return tickets, stay, food, visa charges, and entry fees at entertainment hotspots in Dubai, for children below the age of 16 years. This offer has been bundled into a package where an adult is charged Rs 32,105 for a 4-day 3-night stay in Dubai.
At Rs 10,000 more, Dragon Air and Cathay Pacific offer holiday packages to Disney Land in Hong Kong. However , there’s no free ride for the children here.
Then there are a slew of offers by various airlines for business and first class travellers, where by the spouse is entitled to a 50% discount on a return ticket.
20/05/10 Anshul Dhamija/Economic Times

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General May 2010