Indian does away with dual pricing policy

Chennai, Jan 18 (UNI) In a bid to attract foreign tourists and Non Resident Indians (NRIs), Indian has done away with a dual pricing policy for tickets sold in India.

Talking to newspersons here today, Indian CMD Viswapati Trivedi said Indian had done away with the dual pricing policy for tickets sold in India, whereby NRIs and foreign tourists can now purchase tickets in India at INR rates.

Other recent initiatives included the launch of co-branded Indian Platinum Credit Card, that offers 20 per cent cash back reward, attractive schemes like spot fares and fun-filled holiday packages to many popular new destinations, he added.

Mr Trivedi said, ''Also on the anvil was a state-of-the-art passenger service system which will give customers a host of benefits like web check-in, self-service check-in kiosks and special service to passengers with special needs.

''In December 2006, Indian carried an all-time record of 8.37 lakh passengers,'' he said adding, ''our international carriage also registered a quantum increase of 2.11 lakh passengers during the same month.'' UNI SNR cs ht1522