Business Class Air Travel

IndiGo Airlines will introduce business class from mid-November on a handful of domestic flights, its CEO said on Monday, starting with the Delhi-Mumbai route, as it seeks to tap a growing crop of premium flyers.

The man was travelling from Mumbai to Singapore when the incident took place.

"This reel is full of purity and beautiful emotions which is cushioning my heart wholly," added a person.

A buzz has been created online due to a photo of the unhygienic food posted by a business class passenger travelling from Mumbai to Chennai.

Oceane El Himer -- a French influencer who boasts of 8 lakh followers and an Instagram full of glamorous vacation pictures -- recently posted a photo from the business class section of an airplane, before returning to her seat in the economy class.

Air India's offer is applicable for travel to London, Birmingham, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Madrid, Paris, Rome, Milan, Stockholm, Vienna and Tel Aviv. Bookings under the sale, which is valid for travel in economy and business class for one way and return travel, can be made till August 10, according to the airline's official website - airindia.in.

An Irish woman let loose an expletive-riddled drunken rant on an Air India flight after the crew refused to serve her more wine. The passenger was travelling business class on a flight from Mumbai to London on Saturday.

Air India's 'Fly for Sure offer' is applicable for passengers wanting to prepone or postpone their original booked flights to an alternate flight of Air India operating on the same day.

The move is geared towards improving the airline's passenger load factor or seat occupancy in business class.

Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi today banned business class air travel by officials in view of "severe financial constraints" faced by the territorial administration.

"With airlines generating a major portion of their revenues from economy class, disallowance of input tax credit on inputs (excluding services) for economy class will result in an additional cost to them," said ICRA AVP and Co-Head, Corporate Sector Ratings, Kinjal Shah.

However, for those travelling business class, tickets will become dearer as the tax will go up from 9 per cent to 12 per cent.

Transport services will be taxed at 5 per cent leading to a small drop in economy class air travel which currently attracts 6 per cent service tax.

Air India plans to introduce premium economy class seats on some of its flights in the aftermath of Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad assaulting its staffer because he had to travel economy despite being entitled to a business class seat.

Passengers travelling on select domestic sectors in the economy class can avail this exclusive offer, under which the air fares starts as low as Rs 1080, Air India said in a release.

IndiGo Airlines will introduce business class from mid-November on a handful of domestic flights, its CEO said on Monday, starting with the Delhi-Mumbai route, as it seeks to tap a growing crop of premium flyers.

The man was travelling from Mumbai to Singapore when the incident took place.

"This reel is full of purity and beautiful emotions which is cushioning my heart wholly," added a person.

A buzz has been created online due to a photo of the unhygienic food posted by a business class passenger travelling from Mumbai to Chennai.

Oceane El Himer -- a French influencer who boasts of 8 lakh followers and an Instagram full of glamorous vacation pictures -- recently posted a photo from the business class section of an airplane, before returning to her seat in the economy class.

Air India's offer is applicable for travel to London, Birmingham, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Madrid, Paris, Rome, Milan, Stockholm, Vienna and Tel Aviv. Bookings under the sale, which is valid for travel in economy and business class for one way and return travel, can be made till August 10, according to the airline's official website - airindia.in.

An Irish woman let loose an expletive-riddled drunken rant on an Air India flight after the crew refused to serve her more wine. The passenger was travelling business class on a flight from Mumbai to London on Saturday.

Air India's 'Fly for Sure offer' is applicable for passengers wanting to prepone or postpone their original booked flights to an alternate flight of Air India operating on the same day.

The move is geared towards improving the airline's passenger load factor or seat occupancy in business class.

Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi today banned business class air travel by officials in view of "severe financial constraints" faced by the territorial administration.

"With airlines generating a major portion of their revenues from economy class, disallowance of input tax credit on inputs (excluding services) for economy class will result in an additional cost to them," said ICRA AVP and Co-Head, Corporate Sector Ratings, Kinjal Shah.

However, for those travelling business class, tickets will become dearer as the tax will go up from 9 per cent to 12 per cent.

Transport services will be taxed at 5 per cent leading to a small drop in economy class air travel which currently attracts 6 per cent service tax.

Air India plans to introduce premium economy class seats on some of its flights in the aftermath of Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad assaulting its staffer because he had to travel economy despite being entitled to a business class seat.

Passengers travelling on select domestic sectors in the economy class can avail this exclusive offer, under which the air fares starts as low as Rs 1080, Air India said in a release.