Flight Booking Concession: In India, lakhs of people travel by flight every day. Often when people have to travel a long distance, they travel by flight because it saves a lot of time. However, the flight fare is often higher than the train fare.
But many times airlines give many offers due to which the flight fare becomes equal to AC second class or first class. But do you know that in India, some selected people always get discounts in flight fares. Let’s know who are included in this list.
Senior citizens get discounts
Railways also provide discounts on flight fares under different quotas. Like railways, airline companies also provide discounts to senior citizens. Air India provides the highest discount of up to 25%. In terms of discounts to senior citizens, IndiGo provides up to 6% discount on the basic fare. Apart from Air India and IndiGo, Air India Express and Akasa Air also provide discounts to senior citizens.
Defense personnel get up to 50% discount
If we talk about flights, then defense personnel also get concessions in it. If a defense personnel or any member of his family takes a domestic flight from Indigo Airlines, then there is a provision of giving him up to 50% discount. Apart from Indigo, India also gives special discounts to defense personnel for traveling by flight.
Along with this, defense personnel are also given discounts in Akasa Air. If you are booking flight tickets through IRCTC, you get discounts there as well. That is, if you are from the Indian Armed Forces or Paramilitary Forces or their family, then there is a provision to give you discounts during flight travel.
Students also get discounts
If we talk about discounts on flight fares, then this facility is also given to students. Not only domestic flights are included in this, but many international airlines also give discounts to students on traveling abroad. If we talk about these, then airline companies like Etihad Airways, Lufthansa, Emirates and Vistara are included.
In India too, airlines like Air India, Indigo, Akasa Air give discounts to students on domestic flights. Please note that you must have valid documents to avail all kinds of discounts on flights.
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