50% concession in domestic fare for sr citizens above sixty, in Air India declared since last August. News to rejoice

There is a news to rejoice for senior citizens of the country from Air India. Now onwards the Air india has launched a special concession facility on air tickets travelling by their Airlines within the country for the nenior citizens attaining the age of sixty years.

According to the top management of the Air India a senior citozen of Indian nationality, permanently residing in India having attained the age of 60 years on the date of commencement of journey would be eligible or entitled to seek 60% of flat concession.

The tickets by the senior citizens for travel within the country on any destination to n fro or one sides, will habe booked a week in advance. In order to prove his or her identity the senior citizen male or female will have to exhibit his or her any Identity with an authentic date of birth viz ID Card, passport, driving licence, senior citizens ID card issued by Air India.

The discount provided would be flat 50% on select booking classes on Economy cabin. The journey can be within any sector inside the country. The ticket would be valid for one year from the date of issue.

There is a special warning attached to this facility according to which the senior citizen should carry the authentic proof of age ID with him or her and would be required to be shown at the time of the entrance at the airport seeking the boarding pass.

0In case the passenger forgets to produce the age identity at the time of entry or at boarding gate he or she would be disallowed to travel and the ticket forfieted forthwith.

It may be recalled that in July 2017 the union finance minister Arun Jaitley had declared that Air India is running in a fiscal deficit of a whopping 52000 crores. After Mr. Ashwani Lohani joined as its Managing Director the Air lines witnessed tremendous improvement with its deficit coming down considerably.

This announcement of flat 50% concessions to the senior citizens attaining the age of sixty may amount to escalation in traffic and is indeed a great news to rejoice being lauded as a great initiative.