Air Indias special flight journey on Nov 13

Nedumbassery: Hundreds of differently-abled children, destitute elders and even HIV positive kids will have a memorable day when Air India and Rotary Club of Cochin Airport with the support of various organisations and corporates arrange a free air travel from Kochi to Kanyakumari and back on Sunday, the day before Children’s Day.
The special passengers will be accompanied by Excise Minister K Babu, CIAL MD V J Kurien, dignitaries, executives and mediapersons. Celebrities from film field, magicians and musicians will entertain the kids and the elders on board the flight. Air India will operate a chartered Boeing 747-400 aircraft having a capacity of 423 passengers for the unique journey, ‘Flight with Memories-AI 2011,’ AI executive head Michael Joseph has said. The AI has arranged Malayali crew members on board who will interact with the passengers and make the journey comfortable and relaxed, AI Deputy Manager (CC) Aby George said. The crew members will render free service.
Rotary Club of Cochin Airport, the brain behind the unique programme, organises the air travel for the third consecutive year. The project for the underprivileged would normally cost over Rs 85 lakh, club president Scaria D Parackal said. The Rotary Club chose a few elder persons from different old age homes for the fight journey this year. Thirty students from different normal schools will join the physically and mentally challenged students on board as volunteers. They will assist differently abled students which will provide an opportunity for the normal students to understand the difficulties and needs of the poor handicapped and elder persons which will ensure the theme of the programme “The haves meet, understand and help the have-nots” Rotary Club secretary Santhosh Poovattil said.
11/11/11 New Indian Express/IBN Live

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