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American Airlines is currently offering some wonderful fares between India and Los Angeles. $650 for a round trip between Mumbai/Chennai and Los Angeles is a deal cheaper than economy class on those dates. Get one of these before they book away.
American Express is expanding their lounge franchise to Mumbai’s Terminal 2, which means scores of Mumbai based Centurion, Platinum and other cardholders will now get access to this new lounge, scheduled to open by the end of this year.
Last Week at the Lounge, we analyzed Air India fleet utilization, heard about the Government’s plans to introduce facial recognition based boarding and more. Catch all the 21 stories of last week in this smart recap.
168 IHG hotels are open for booking under IHG PointBreaks for stays up to November 30, 2018. Remember to book fast as there is limited availability and the better hotels tend to go off the list quickly.
Air India will shut down their fifth freedom flight between London and Newark and launch Bengaluru to London within November 2018. That should give them a shot in the arm with cutting losses on the tag flight to Newark, which wasn’t making money for them.
Read how a peaceful cruise trip turned into a nightmare when 1300 Indian men decided to throw one hell of a buck party on the ship, bringing in dancers and their own food.
Now you can finally pool Air India Flying Returns Points when your family members fly Air India next. Add up to 9 family members who’ll help you reach your travel goals!
Bengaluru, this season’s last Points & Pints meetup is coming up especially for you. We look forward to meeting all of you and raising a toast. If you haven’t found out the details yet, they are all inside here.
Soon, all you’d need to zip around the airport would be your face with the government working introducing facial recognition based boarding passes. No more mini heart attacks when you’re not able to find that piece of paper at the airport!
Soon, you’ll have even more options to choose from for your next vacation in Kochi & Goa. Marriott International plans to bring the Tribute Portfolio and Delta Hotels brand to India soon.
Air India currently has a fleet of 124 aircraft excluding subsidiaries. The fleet comprises of 22 Airbus A319, 34 Airbus A320/A320neo, 20 Airbus A321, 4 Boeing B747, 18 Boeing B777 and 27 Boeing B787-8. Their Boeing B777s and B787s are heavily underutilised so is their narrowbody fleet. Air India only requires 11/16 Boeing B777 aircraft and 22/27 Boeing B787 aircraft they have in their fleet. Rest of the fleet is sitting on the ground either for maintenance or want of routes to ply on.
